Which blog software to use?

[BenJonesDesign]

I've decided to start up my own blog relating to my work etc and would like to know how you other bloggers went about setting it up. Did you use a site that has one built for you and link your site and the blog together or did you build the blog yourself within your site?

 

[scotty]

I started my own blog just to share bits and bobs to save me updating my portfolio site so much which is more of a pain.
I just got a Wordpress blog and linked to it from my site.
There are tons of different themes out there but I just used the standard Kubrik and slapped my own header on it.

 

[Harry]

I just moved from a static site to a site run entirely on wordpress. Means the whole thing is CMSd, ut runs on wordpress for the blog and static pages.

 

[wac]

It's got to be cms really. Wordpress is very popular. I used to use Blogger and switched to Tumblr recently which is much better plus you can mirror it from you main site.

 

[Jimlad]

I used Blogspot/Blogger.

 

[davewill]

I used blogger Ben due to my lack of web knowledge. I did start off using wordpress but prefer blogger due to it's integration with my gmail account. You can check out my bog here:

dave will design - a freelance graphic designer based in Liverpool

Feel free to ask me any questions, I'm more than happy to help.

 

[BenJonesDesign]

thanks guys, just installed wordpress but I'm liking the look of how blogger works. I'll give this a trial run for a bit and see how it goes, at the moment I'm going with it really as it seems like it's got the most development behind it but we shall see.

 

[Mr J]

Thankyou for posting this 'BensJonesDesign' youv'e saved me a job!

I am looking to set up my own blog to feature my portfolio work later this year and now my questions have been answered!

Good luck with your blog

 

[BenJonesDesign]

no worries Josella, and to update my blog is working perfectly and also doesn't look half bad (find it here: Ben Jones Illustration and Design Blog). Luckily I know a bit of coding so have been able to change the template to suit my needs, and all code changes were done within the admin area.

 

[Dave1975]

Wordpress has already been mentioned in this thread, but felt I should mention it again, once you're comfortbale with HTML/CSS and a touch of PHP there's a lot that can be done with it. My personal blog/portfolio (a little out-dated) runs on WP.

 

[BenJonesDesign]

looks great Greg, really need to refine mine, just got it to a state of ok-ness so it works, but I'll get into a bit more of the nitty gritty soon

 

[Dave1975]

Thanks Ben and it's been through around 3 different live versions, and many more design concepts!

 

[DesignersParadise]

Id say wordpress but i do think alot of what wordpress has is not needed so makes the site heavier than it should be. But its the biggest blogging system in the world so what do i know lol!

 

[berry]

wordpress

 

[PrintingUK]

Wordpress is very good, flexiable and a huge range of plugins. There are many programs you can use to build a site like Aristeer etc and modding it is pretty straightforward. Example site made with aristeer Carter Brooke old design I did a while ago

 

[byronc]

When i started my first blog on my immigration to sydney i looked at wordpress and blogger. i went with blogger as it was really really simple. Wordpress had a steep learning curve. Blogger is alos fully optimized for search engines as its made by google etc. Everything is very seo friendly. I think you can add domains from your site to it too.

 

[Old Guard]

I have tried Blogger, Tumblr, Livejournal and Wordpress over a few years. I have just relaunched and actually wrote an article about why I chose Wordpress and what I did with it - may be of some use?