[UPHPU] Personal Blogs - Recommendations

[Gary Thornock]

--- Jacob Albretsen <jakea at xmission.com> wrote:
> My wife tells me I need to have a blog to release all my pent
> up frustrations with life, the universe, and everything.  To
> that end, I want something that I can fully control (not a
> online generic one like blogspot).  I want something that uses
> the usual suspects (PHP and MySQL) that I can put on my server
> and get up and running, then point it so something like...
> blog.mydomain.net.
>
> So.... recommendations?

I recommend WordPress (www.wordpress.org) if you're going to run
your own blog on either your own server or a hosting service.
(It's also the system I use for my blog.)  Also, while the
default theme is pretty good, you may want to check out some
available alternatives, like the ones at vanillamist.com and
http://www.alexking.org/software/wordpress/themes/blog/.

Another option that's been fairly popular is Moveable Type.  I'm
a bit less enamored of that one because of licensing issues, but
you may find it to be a good fit.

Finally, to be honest, there's a lot to be said in favor of
systems like Blogspot and TypePad.  I assume you've considered
your options, though, and decided that you have valid reasons not
to use one of those.