Enterprise blog recommendations?

Post #191,359 by FuManChu 1/24/05 12:46:02 PM Reply	Enterprise blog recommendations? I've been thinking lately about providing blogs for our staff, to replace the newsletters they produce in Word or shudder Publisher. I'm looking for recommendations. Desired features: 1. A single server install (i.e. we host the data), but... 2. Supporting multiple bloggers. 3. RSS. 4. Customizable "themes" (styles/layouts). 5. Programmatic access to content. 6. Comments. Comment-spam-management tools a plus.
Post #191,413 by drewk 1/24/05 5:27:25 PM Reply	Requirements? Looked at a Wiki? Not trying to push you that way, but "replace newsletters done in Word" and your other 6 requirements all seem to fit. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #191,422 by FuManChu 1/24/05 6:12:56 PM Reply	Welll, lemme nail it down further > 2. Supporting multiple bloggers. + 3. RSS. This means we want individual feeds per author, not the aggregation of multiple authors that you get in a Wiki.
Post #191,424 by ubernostrum 1/24/05 6:33:25 PM Reply	Re: Enterprise blog recommendations? For dead-simple weblogging, [link\|http://wordpress.org/\|Wordpress] beats everything else hands-down. It's very customizable, has built-in syndication and commenting (with some anti-spam measures by default and more available), and allows you to mingle PHP into its templates to get whatever you need. It's also very easy to get rolling -- they claim a five-minute install, and in my experience that's pretty spot-on. You cooin' with my bird?
Post #191,428 by Another Scott 1/24/05 7:10:40 PM Reply	Interesting site. Amazingly fast web pages! Of course, they aren't very complicated but they appear ~ instantly. Very nice layout too. They have a link on the WordPress ScreenShots page to [link\|http://www.opensourcecms.com/\|opensourceCMS.com] which has links to lots of other similar applications including [link\|http://www.opensourcecms.com/index.php?option=com_reporter&queryId=32&menuGroup=OSCMS\|this] page of user ratings. I had no idea there was a site like that. I'll have to dig around there.... Thanks very much for the link! Cheers, Scott.
Post #191,429 by ubernostrum 1/24/05 7:19:28 PM Reply	If you're looking for more "CMS"-style features... I can't recommend [link\|http://textpattern.com/\|Textpattern] enough. I keep hearing good things about Drupal and Mambo, but I think they're a bit too complex to set up and manage. (My view on a CMS is that I should be able to configure it and then hand it over to the client; if they need to come back to someone like me to manage and update their site, then the CMS isn't doing its job.) -- You cooin' with my bird? [link\|http://www.shtuff.us/\|http://www.shtuff.us/]
Post #191,448 by drewk 1/24/05 9:03:52 PM 1/24/05 9:49:37 PM Reply	Wish they mentioned the Postgres port more [link\|http://wiki.wordpress.org/?pagename=ReleaseNotes\|This] says it's working, but the installation instructions and requirements don't mention it. There's a Debian package for v1.2.2, which should include the Postgres backend, but the package requires you install MySQL (which I'd rather not). Guess I'll download and install from tarball and try it out. [edit] Well damn. That page above says that PHPWiki 1.2 has Postgres support, not WordPress 1.2. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com] Edited by drewk Jan. 24, 2005, 09:49:37 PM EST Expand All History
Post #191,452 by Another Scott 1/24/05 9:58:11 PM Reply	There's a 1.2.1 WordPress for PosgreSQL [link\|http://wordpress-pg.sourceforge.net/\|WordPress-pg]. But you probably already found it. WordPress-Pg v1.2.1-1.0 Sloppily ported to PostgreSQL by Keenan Tims (ktims@gotroot.ca). Source codebase is the 6-Oct-2004 release of WordPress 1.2.1. Another bit of discussion of WP-PostgreSQL is [link\|http://wordpress.org/support/7/549\|here]. It doesn't sound like a trivial port. Cheers, Scott.
Post #191,455 by drewk 1/24/05 10:09:59 PM Reply	Yup, I read those threads If I weren't trying to learn java I'd give the port a shot. Maybe next month ... === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #191,528 by FuManChu 1/25/05 11:36:55 AM Reply	I found a nice tabled comparison page A few months old, but still... [link\|http://www.asymptomatic.net/blogbreakdown.htm\|http://www.asymptoma...blogbreakdown.htm]
Post #191,527 by FuManChu 1/25/05 11:34:45 AM Reply	But WordPress only supports one weblog, right? So if I had 40 bloggers, I'd need 40 Apache processes, or is there another way I'm not seeing? ;)
Post #191,540 by ubernostrum 1/25/05 12:18:46 PM Reply	Re: But WordPress only supports one weblog, right? WordPress supports multiple authors, and with [link\|http://www.coffee2code.com/archives/2004/08/27/plugin-customizable-post-listings/\|this plugin] you should be able to construct per-author feeds. --\r\nYou cooin' with my bird? \r\n[link\|http://www.shtuff.us/\|shtuff]
Post #191,453 by folkert 1/24/05 9:58:14 PM 1/25/05 10:56:26 AM Reply	Finds, Now With comments [link\|http://blogstyles.com/\|Styles] that work with various blogging setups [link\|http://blogplates.net/\|Templates] also work with various setups. [link\|http://movabletype.org/features.shtml\|Movable Type] used by a myriad of blogging site, in particular [link\|http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/\|Mozillazine Weblogs]. Supports everything you want. Multiple Authors and Multiple Blogs and Multiple Feeds for Syndication, tons of features including Bloggin plug-ins, of which you only have to search [link\|http://www.google.com/search?q=blog+plugins\|for blog + plugins] Styles and Templates? Lotsa from the Styles and Templates above. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* [link\|http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=134485&cid=11233230\|"Microsoft Security" is an even better oxymoron than "Miltary Intelligence"] No matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link\|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp\|source] Edited by folkert Jan. 25, 2005, 10:56:26 AM EST Expand All History
Post #191,530 by FuManChu 1/25/05 11:40:53 AM Reply	Thanks; took off the list early due to $ but will trial it
Post #191,531 by folkert 1/25/05 11:44:50 AM Reply	Understood... sometimes it ain't easy to find really good Free stuff. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* [link\|http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=134485&cid=11233230\|"Microsoft Security" is an even better oxymoron than "Miltary Intelligence"] No matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link\|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp\|source]
Post #191,541 by pwhysall 1/25/05 12:26:25 PM Reply	Re: Finds, Now With comments [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/2/2/171117/8823\|obMovableTypeLink]. Peter [link\|http://www.ubuntulinux.org\|Ubuntu Linux] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #191,545 by folkert 1/25/05 12:39:57 PM Reply	Eh... Looking at Mambo or Blosxom or Blojsom in any matter. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* [link\|http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=134485&cid=11233230\|"Microsoft Security" is an even better oxymoron than "Miltary Intelligence"] No matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link\|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp\|source]
Post #193,406 by jenfa01 2/7/05 12:18:26 PM Reply	Re: Enterprise blog recommendations? If you haven't already settled on one, you may want to check out [link\|http://www.silkblogs.com\|Silkblogs] which has all these features. Comments have rich text editing and you can add attachments to comments too. RSS is avaiable not only on entries, but also on Comments and Trackbacks. It seems to have been built specifically with business usage in mind. In addition to the blog, I understand they are working on integrating chat, survey/polls, and vlogging to create a full collaboration/communication dashboard. Jennifer F Chicago
Post #193,407 by ben_tilly 2/7/05 12:24:44 PM Reply	Welcome! This has been a good weekend for new people to show up. Feel free to visit the Water Cooler and introduce yourself properly. Cheers, Ben I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #193,513 by daemon 2/7/05 9:29:40 PM Reply	what is the difference between a blog and twiki? been testing twiki use ncftpget to get logs, manipulate with awk and poke readonly into a tableized twiki page. Use the writable comments section for project updates and milestones etc. Thanx for all the examples by the way :-) regards daemon I love her dearly, far beyond any creature I've ever known, and I can prove it, for never once in almost seventy years of married life have I taken her by the throat. Mind you, it's been a near thing once or twice. George Macdonald Frasier Clearwater highschool marching band [link\|http://www.chstornadoband.org/\|http://www.chstornadoband.org/]
Post #193,534 by drewk 2/7/05 11:36:51 PM Reply	Blog is sequential, wikis are all about editing Blog says, "On this date this person said this." Wiki (all forms, TWiki is just one) says, "Current wisdom says this, based on this original writing by this user, and these edits by these users." Original Wiki leaves out necessarily identifying the authors. If you want to do the TWiki thing for logging, check out the [link\|http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/CommentPlugin\|CommentPlugin]. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]

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