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blog:2013-08-14:new_blog_software [2013-08-14 Wed 06:33]
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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.
  

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