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==== New Blog Software ==== | ==== New Blog Software ==== | ||
- | I decided that blosxom just wasn't quite doing it for me as far as blogging software goes. I wanted something that would provide the following features: | + | I decided that [[http://blosxom.sourceforge.net/|blosxom]] just wasn't quite doing it for me as far as blogging software goes. I wanted something that would provide the following features: |
- | * Timestamped entries | + | * Timestamped entries (blosxom does this) |
- | * Easier formatting than HTML | + | * Easier formatting than HTML (blosxom doesn't do this :-() |
- | * Easy linking to other posts and to website | + | * Easier, web-based editing (blosxom is command-line text-based) |
- | * Tagged entries | + | * Easy linking to other posts and to website (blosxom does this, but using HTML :-() |
- | * Perusal by tags | + | * Tagged entries (blosxom doesn't do this) |
- | * The ability to amend entries after original edit | + | * Perusal by tags (blosxom doesn't do this) |
- | * Reading list entries | + | * The ability to amend entries after original edit (blosxom does do this) |
- | * The ability to document projects or technical insights | + | * Reading list entries (blosxom could do this, but not as easy as my custom-brewed scripts) |
+ | * The ability to easily document projects or technical insights (HTML isn't easy :-() | ||
+ | * A wiki/blog that doesn't need a database, or at worse uses sqlite (blosxom does this) | ||
- | I had already used DokuWiki for various wiki needs, and after taking a look at some of the plugins available, I decided to give it a try. After some experimentation on an offline environment, I decided to give it a try. I ported my old blog entries, added this entry, and here we are! I hope you find it as much of an improvement as I do. | + | I had already used DokuWiki for various wiki needs, and after taking a look at some of the plugins available, I decided to give it a try as a blogging tool. After some experimentation in an offline environment, I was convinced it meets my needs better than blosxom. I ported my old blog entries, added this entry, and here we are! I hope you find it as much of an improvement as I do. Now I just need to move my reading list. |