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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 |
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I wrote a post regarding my avatar
change on Collective-Thoughts. This post is a continuation of that. The
avatar I had chose at the end of that post didn’t work out. And since my 6 year
old daughter helped me come up with my final choice for an avatar I decided
to write this post in the form of a Child’s Story, "Goldilocks
and the Three Bears".
Image by Super
Dave Chen
TheNanny612 and the Three Avatars
TheNanny612 was a Young Lady who spent much of her days Social Networking.
She
had her own land in her part of the Web 2.0 World.
Normally this Social Media Lady would had been content to go about her usual
Social Networking, but on this day she chose instead to cut off her long curly
hair. Knowing that once she did this she would have to perform the duty of choosing
the right avatar for her part of the Web 2.0 World named Social
Desire.
It was on this day that TheNanny612 Avatar Journey began.
TheNanny612 didn’t think the duty of choosing
an avatar would be a difficult one. After all, what is the big deal, really?
An avatar simply is a picture to help members of Online Communities know who
you are…. is that really such a big deal?
So, TheNanny612 simply had her picture taken a few times with a cell phone.
She chose the best of the batch of pics, cropped it and sized it perfectly.
She made each picture into different sizes to easily accommodate the different
requirements at different Social Networking Communities. The smallest Avatar
size is 50×50 for Sphinn
and StumbleUpon uses
a 475×475 on its About
page.
TheNanny612 Avatar #1
| 475 x 475 |
50 X 50 |
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She really liked this picture, but it was so dark. She didn’t realize how dark
until she had it resized to fit Sphinn’s
50×50 Avatar requirement. The size Avatar for Sphinn is so small & so dark
that it is terribly difficult to recognize who the picture is of….. That will
never do.
TheNanny612 sighed as she really thought this was going to be simple. "Oh
well.", she said as she moved on to the next stop.
She took a look at the first picture to see what the problem was and came up
with a few of things.
- To dark.
- Little Contrast. TheNanny612’s dark hair against the dark
chair. There was absolutely no contrast.
- The picture was taken with a Cell phone. The quality of
cell phone pictures aren’t always good enough to work with.
So, TheNanny612 decided that she needed to do things differently. She decided
to do everything completely opposite from what she did last time.
She dressed in a white blouse and sat on a light rug in front of a cherry stained
door. This is how the picture looked in its largest and smallest forms:
TheNanny612 Avatar #2
| 475 x 475 |
50 X 50 |
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 |
TheNanny612 was initially happy with this photograph. She likes the black and
white look and the contrast is nice. But, notice how the picture changes when
it is made smaller. The change in size makes it difficult to recognize that
its TheNanny612 at all. She began to think that there will be no
50×50 avatar that will be easy to recognize, but she knew that wasn’t true.
After all, her last 50×50 avatar was easy to recognize.
So, TheNanny612 went back on her search for the Perfect Avatar…. the Avatar
that was "Just Right."
The problems with the 2nd Avatar?? There were a few…
- It’s a lovely shot large, but when made smaller it is difficult
to recognize.
- The picture is simply to light. The black and white look
washes TheNanny612 out. She will not stand out compared to others which is
very important in Social Networking.
- The contrast problem in the 1st photograph caused TheNanny612 to dress
in light colors, but this did nothing for the photograph either.
TheNanny612 was truly frustrated. She asked out loud, "Why is this so
hard?" All of a sudden it came to her…. she needed to figure
out what made her original Avatar Memorable.
What made the Original TheNanny612 Avatar Memorable
- An
Unusual Head shot
- Sepia - I didn’t use Black & White….. Sepia added
a bit of color.
- Side Angle
- Not the entire head
- Nothing much else in the background.
More determined than ever TheNanny612 decided to stick with what seemed to
work with her original avatar. The most important thing to her was that the
avatar needed to look just as good small as it did large. And, up until this
point that had been TheNanny612’s struggle. She needed to stop posing so much
& get back to basics…. get back to what worked for her in the past.
TheNanny612 decided to hand the camera to her 6 year old daughter and allow
her daughter to snap a few random shots. Little did she know the perfect avatar
would be taken by the young child.
TheNanny612 went through all the photographs taken by her daughter that day.
She came across one that she felt would be a perfect fit if cropped just right.
This is what she came up with:
TheNanny612 Avatar #3
| 475 x 475 |
50 X 50 |
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The first first Avatar was too dark, The 2nd Avatar was too light, and the
3rd Avatar was just right!!
With each Avatar mistake TheNanny612 learned something and the final Avatar
was the nicest in all the Land.
The Moral of this story…
Sometimes things don’t go well the first time around or even the 2nd.
But, as long as you make each a learning experience then the outcome is usually
good one.
The End.
Posted in Humor, Social Bookmarking, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Social Networking, Sphinn, StumbleUpon, Tips and Tutorials, Uncategorized, Web 2.0, Web 2.0 Basics | 9 Comments »
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 |
Social Desire will be featuring
Guest Posts for the next few weeks. Today’s Featured Guest Post is
by Mark Dykeman.
Image by Steve
& Jemma Copley
Everyone’s got a Top Ten list, an 8 step guide, or some other how-to post to
succeeding in social media.
This isn’t one of those posts. Not exactly. Not really.
OK, maybe a little bit.
What I’ve done is to take each letter of the alphabet and try to find one or
two words that can be used to describe social media. I’ve tried to cover many
of the important points and aspects of social media that I’ve picked up through
my own activities. I hope you enjoy and find it useful.
The A – Z listing for social media
Ask/Acquire – social media is a place where we can ask
questions and acquire knowledge; there are tons of great resources out there.
Bold – push yourself and test your limits. Try things
that might have scared you in the past, either due to lack of confidence or
experience. Be bold!
Communicate – it’s all about the conversations.
Demonstrate – show people what you know; help educate
them. (note: I was very tempted to use the word "desire" here…
)
Evaluate – absorb everything you can, but keep a critical
eye open. As you meet different people you’ll gradually get a sense of who knows
their stuff and who doesn’t. Don’t accept advice blindly – think it over
and make up your own mind.
Friend – "friend" has become a verb in social
media, where you give or are given permission to share stuff with other people.
It’s a key component of social media, hence the word "social".
Give – contribute to the body of knowledge with your
own thoughts, ideas, tips, tricks, critiques, and others. It’s not valuable
if you keep it to yourself.
Help – as per give, take the time to do favors for other
people. Answer their questions; show examples. You get a lot back from this,
even if it doesn’t happen immediately.
Ideas – social media contains some of the coolest parts
of higher education – the discussion and refinement of ideas.
Join – if you’re going to be social, join groups that
interest you. It’s all about relationships.
Knowledge/Learn – this K and L go together like peanut
butter and jelly; learn stuff, increase your knowledge.
Mentor – help a beginner and you could have a good friend
for life.
Name – names are important, doubly so in social media.
Meet people, remember their names. They’ll do the same for you!
Open – be as transparent as you can. Consider different
points of view, as well. Speak respectfully, but freely.
Passion – that burning sensation isn’t an, um, infection,
it’s the power of love and desire when you discover something that you love
to do.
Question – questions drive social media. Why? Because
we all want to find answers!
Reveal – tell the world about yourself to the extent
that you feel comfortable to do so. People want to know something about their
follow social mediaites!
Share – as with giving, sharing means doing things that
don’t just benefit yourself, they benefit other people as well. Give credit
where credit is due and share the rewards!
Teach – again, show people what you know and we all
benefit.
Understand – this is critical, because language is an
imperfect means of communication. It can be very easy to misinterpret someone
else’s writing, especially if it hits an emotional hot button. Make sure your
reactions are tempered by understanding so that you know what was really meant
within a communication.
Vigor – show some life there, sparky!
World – it’s a big world out there and social media
will expose you to places that you never knew existed.
X-Ray – look inside and see what’s really happening.
Don’t be fooled by exteriors or pretenses. Get the real story.
Yearn – satisfy those self- actual cravings, at least
temporarily, through social media participation. But stay hungry – there’s
always more.
Zen – practice, be mindful, and learn constantly as
a path to enlightenment (of sorts). You might not become a spiritual master,
but these principles can still lead to fulfillment in social media.
Social media from A – Z – there it is. I hope you were paying attention
because there’s a test coming up!
(Of course, the test never ends… )
If you enjoyed this post check out more of Mark Dykeman’s work at Broadcasting
Brain, his blog about communication and social media.
Posted in Blogging, Guest Posts, Humor, Social Bookmarking, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Social Networking, Tips and Tutorials, Uncategorized, Web 2.0, Web 2.0 Basics | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 |
In the past few days I’ve noticed a few changes on StumbleUpon. They aren’t
huge changes, but changes none-the-less. These changes appear on your own StumbleUpon
page. What is cool about these changes is that you have a choice. You can choose to keep things
the same as they have been or change the way your Favorites page looks. And, deciding between keeping things like they once
were or changing it to the new display depends whether you are more visual or
not.
If you take a look on your Favorite Page on StumbleUpon and you have it set
to the standard view it should look something like this:
Now, take a look at the right section of this page. You will notice a section
that looks like this:
If you click on the link that says, "Show thumbnails" your Favorite
page on StumbleUpon will now look something like this:
Pretty cool, huh?! But, it can be changed even more still. Visually, I like
the way the above thumbnails looks on my favorites page. But, maybe for you this
way is too wordy and you would like to see more Thumbnails. Not a problem. You
will notice that there is a section that says, "Display: List Grid".
It should look something like the following image:
Right now your StumbleUpon Favorite page is probably on the default display,
List. Click on Grid to see the display change
to list your favorites as a grid using Thumbnails. It will look something like
this:
For example, when I stumbled the post, "Treating
Your Blog as a Business: 8 Aspects to Consider" it lists the screen
shot of the entire web page and It’s easier for me to look at the thumbnail
and know it is a DailyBlogTips
post. It probably has a screen shot of the entire web page because there is
no other image on that post. However, when I stumbled Brent
Csutoras‘ post, "Digg’s
April Fools… The Joke is on You!" the thumbnail on my StumbleUpon
favorites page is the image of Brent’s "digg-fools-buttons photo".
This could make just the thumbnails display on my favorites page more difficult
for me in the days to come to figure out what I stumbled without having the
description there too.
I DIG that I have choices on how I would like to see my StumbleUpon Favorites.
I love the way my Favorites look on one page. Visually, it looks awesome!! But,
I’m not sure if this is the best way for me to keep my StumbleUpon favorites
page. Again, it looks great!! But, it is hard for me to figure out what website
it is by the Thumbnails. Some Thumbnails are easier to figure it out than others.
Some of the Thumbnails are screen shots of the web page… making it easier for
me to figure out what favorite it is. However, some of the thumbnails are images
from the web page itself. Even though this too is cool it isn’t very easy for
me to always figure out which StumbleUpon favorite I stumbled.
Bottom line…. I love that I have choices. Which display do I enjoy the most?
The answer is, "I’m not sure, yet". For right now I’m toggling back
and forth between different displays until I figure it out. So far, it appears
that I’m leaning towards to the traditional basic original version of no thumbnails.
But, that is probably because I’m not really good with sudden change and I need
to work myself into it a bit. I’m usually a very visual person, so I’m guessing
that eventually when I get more use to it I will be using the Display page with
the Thumbnails in the List form.
What about you? What StumbleUpon Favorites Display are you using?
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Posted in Social Bookmarking, Social Media, Social Networking, StumbleUpon, Tips and Tutorials, Web 2.0 Basics | 18 Comments »
Sunday, January 6th, 2008 |
This past Friday Darren Rowse of ProBlogger
wrote a post, Using
StumbleUpon to Get on the Radar of Other Bloggers . In this post Darren
wrote how he had taken notice of me and my work due to my stumbling his posts
a few times. He mentioned in this post that he recognized me as a person who
had stumbled his work more than once and he landed up taking a closer look at
my StumbleUpon profile where he noticed my many sites and even subscribed to
this Blog’s feed.
Darren Rowse mentioning me on his blog has got to be a definite high point
in my Blogging career so far. However, after taking 24 hours to sit back and
just think about how wonderful it was to be mentioned by Darren on ProBlogger…..
something occurred to me. What if my StumbleUpon profile was different? What
if I hadn’t taken the time to add clickable links on my Profile? If I hadn’t
taken the time to make my StumbleUpon profile stand out would this amazing high
point in my Blogging career have past me by??!! Jeeze, the thought makes me
shudder.
So, I wanted to take a moment and post a few things that I did with my StumbleUpon
profile that might have made a difference between Darren taken notice of my
work or not.
Why my StumbleUpon Profile Might Have Stood Out to Darren
- Avatar - I chose the same Avatar that I use on all my other
Social Networking Sites. This way people would recognize me from one Social
Networking Site to the next. I used an image of myself, but many people use
other things such as their company’s logo, cartoon characters or any other
graphic that makes them stand out. For me, it was just a basic picture of
myself.
- Profile Name - Again, just like with the avatar, I chose
the same profile name for my StumbleUpon profile as I use on all of my other
Social Networking Sites…. TheNanny612. However, I have to say, TheNanny612
is not a very good Profile Name at all. It has nothing to do with what I do
for a living….. It is actually more of an Inside Family Joke that no one
would understand unless I explained it to them. But, now that people already
recognize me as TheNanny612 it wouldn’t be very prudent for me to change it
now. However, this might have worked in my favor as well… I haven’t run
into another Profile Name that is even similar. So, it probably does stand
out quite well.
- Profile Details - Choose a well thought out description
of yourself. It shouldn’t be very long as readers probably won’t stick around
very long. Get right to the point. Write your details well, spell correctly
and be descriptive.
- Clickable Links - Make sure that any website links that
you would like to mention on your Profile Details are clickable. Your StumbleUpon
profile is a great place to promote your sites. When people of the SU Community
arrive to your profile page and want to learn more about you the chances of
these readers checking out your website are so much greater if your links
are clickable. I’m not sure if Darren of ProBlogger would have copied and
pasted my link into a browser had I not made my links clickable. So, this
is very, very important.
This is what my StumbleUpon profile page would have looked like had I not
made the links clickable:
This is what my StumbleUpon profile page appears like now with all the links:
It’s really simple to make a link on your StumbleUpon profile clickable. Let’s
say you have a site called My Site and it was located at www.MySite.com. This
is how you would make that link clickable on your SU profile.
Go to your StumbleUpon’s profile page and Click on the Link that says, "Preferences".
Once this page opens up click on the link that says, "Public Profile".
This is where you are going to edit your Public Profile. You will see a box
below where it says, "Introduce yourself to Everyone".In this box
is where you are going to enter your Profile details.
In the spot of your details that you want to be a clickable link you use the following code (changing mysite to your site’s info): <a href="http://www.mysite.com/">my site</a>.
(Don’t be alarmed, the StumbleUpon system will automatically add a "No
Follow" to the coding.)
Click Save Profile and when others take a look at your profile the phrase
"my site" should look like: my
site.
There is an area on the edit Public Profile page that you can enter your website….
it will look like this:
However, oddly enough, your website’s link does not appear on the first page
of your StumbleUpon Profile. Your viewers will have to click on the tab that
says "About Her/Him". And, then they will come to a page that they
will see the link of your website.
This is an extra click that the viewers of StumbleUpon have to make to find
your website’s link. This is another reason why I decided to make clickable
links on my SU profile page.
- Multiple Website Links - When I first opened my StumbleUpon
account 6 months ago I had 8 Websites that I wanted to list on my StumbleUpon
profile page, but not only did it look funny… it looked almost Spammy as well.
I had a discussion with Todd Mintz of SEMPortland
who suggested that I purchase my name, Shana Albert, as a domain for other
reasons than StumbleUpon. His suggestion was a good one for so many reasons.
And, having the domain ShanaAlbert.com
worked out on my StumbleUpon profile as well. The ShanaAlbert website is a
simple static web page with all of my websites and blogs listed on that page.
With a simple click on the link on my SU profile page a reader will be sent
to my website that has images and links to all of my sites. This way my StumbleUpon
profile will not be inundated with outgoing links. I don’t want a reader to
feel overwhelmed when they are reading about me….. I just want them to get
a sense of what I’m passionate about. And, I believe that Darren got all of
that from a simple look at my StumbleUpon profile.
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Thursday, November 8th, 2007 |
For the most part my Preschooler has no problem following these basic
rules. Why is it that many adults in the Online World have trouble following
these basic rules that most Parents instill in their children?
I believe that the rules we were taught growing up can help
us in achieving Online Success.
Rules my Preschooler Follows
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Basic Rules for Success
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- Honesty is always the best Policy
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- Don’t put more in your mouth than you can swallow
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- Know you own limits. Doing an exceptional job on one project is
so much better than doing a mediocre job on many projects.
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- If you accepted a project you must follow through.
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- Don’t play with another toy until you put away the toy you were
last playing with
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- Complete the project you are working on now before you start a new
project.
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- Treat others the way you want to be treated
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- Even in the Online World tact is extremely important. Please, remember
honesty is important, but there is a way to be honest tactfully in
comments and blog posts
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- Just because it is the virtual world please and thank you is extremely
important. One of the things you don’t want to be known for is rudeness.
Follow the basic rules your mom taught you and you can’t go wrong!!
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- Do things because they make you happy
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- Blog about things that make you happy not because you think they
will make you money or bring you more viewers… your readers are
smart and they will notice.
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- Stop watching TV!! Go outside and play.
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- Knowing when to back away from the computer is very important. Keep
yourself happy and having fun in other areas in your life and your
professional life will be better for it.
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- Surround yourself with friends that make you laugh and bring you happiness.
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- Remember that surrounding yourself with certain people because it
will bring you success is not the same thing as friendship. Surround
yourself with people that make you feel good and bring you happiness.
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Technorati Tags:blogging, etiquette, success
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Thursday, November 1st, 2007 |
In my last post I discussed how you can increase
traffic to your Website with a Blog. In today’s follow-up post I will
show you the next step to this…. finding a Blog Platform to fit your
needs.
There are many Blog Platforms out there. Some of them are free to download
and others have a fee. You will need to research the different platforms to
see which will meet your needs.
Some of the Blogging Platforms out there that are self-hosted, developer hosted,
and Proprietary software (charged a fee for the use of the software). In this
post I will be listing free Self Hosted Blog Platforms and the features to
each platform. This way you can go through the Blogging Software links and information
and choose the blog software that best meets your needs.
I have to admit that the only blog platform I have used is WordPress. It
fit my needs beautifully and I had no need to look any further. However, that
doesn’t mean that it will fit yours.
25 26 Free Self Hosted Blog Platforms
WordPress
- I use WordPress for
all of my Blogs. I love it!! It has everything I need. There are many Wordpress
Templates, Plug-ins and Widgets to make my Blog run perfectly. Wordpress is
the only Blogging Platform I have ever used. I never had a reason to try anything
else. I am listing other Blogging Platforms for you to take a look at to see
which platform will fit your needs best. I can not speak for the other Blogging
Platforms as I have not tried them, but that doesn’t mean that they
won’t fit your needs better than WordPress.
Features
- Full standards compliance
- No rebuilding
- WordPress Pages
- WordPress Links
- WordPress Themes
- Cross-blog communication tool
- Full List of Features
b2evolution
- b2evolution includes
all the features of traditional blog tools, and extends them with evolved
features such as file & photo management, advanced skinning, multiple
blogs support as well as detailed user permissions…
Not to mention third party plug-ins!
Features
- Advanced browsing (paged, calendar, categories, search…)
- Extended & multipaged posts
- Image/file upload & management
- Multiple and sub-categories
- Draft and quick publishing
- RSS & Atom feeds
- Full
List of Features
Typo
- Typo is a lean
engine that makes blogging easy. Typo’s main attributes are ease of
use, usability, beauty and excellent support of web standards. Typo is open
source software, which means you can take it, use it and modify it for free;
because we think freedom is priceless.
Features
- Instant publishing, no rebuilding necessary
- Comments
- Built in spam protection
- Textile and Markdown and Smartypants support
- Ping / Trackback
- Categories / Tags
- Full List of Features
SimpleLog
- SimpleLog is a Ruby
on Rails weblog application that helps you focus on writing above all else.
SimpleLog has all the features you want in a weblogging applicaton wrapped
in an efficiently designed interface that eliminates clutter. By focusing
on simplicity and usability, SimpleLog allows you to spend your time writing,
rather than managing a convoluted CMS.
Features
- Package-based, hierarchical inheritance of debug levels and trace flags
- Set debug levels using level numbers or names
- Special handling of exceptions, object arrays, byte arrays and char
arrays
- API support for logging primitives
- Ability to turn tracing on and off independent of the debug level
- Convenience methods to reduce the amount of code needed to log
- Documentation that’s complete but brief, embedded in the configuration
file
- Full List
of Features
PyBlosxom
- PyBlosxom
is a lightweight file-based weblog system. It originally started out as a
Python clone of Blosxom but has since evolved into a beast of its own. PyBlosxom
focuses on three things: simplicity, extensibility, and community.
Features
- simplicity - PyBlosxom uses the file system for all
its data storage. Because of this you can use whatever editor you want
to use to create, update, and manipulate entries.
- extensibility - PyBlosxom has a plugin framework allowing
you to build plugins in Python to augment and change PyBlosxom’s default
behavior.
- community - There are hundreds of PyBlosxom users out
there all of whom have different needs. PyBlosxom is used on a variety
of operating systems in a variety of environments. The pyblosxom users
list shares their experiences, plugins, and expertise.
Serendipity
- Serendipity is a PHP-powered
weblog application which gives the user an easy way to maintain an online
diary, weblog or even a complete homepage. While the default package is designed
for the casual blogger, Serendipity offers a flexible, expandable and easy-to-use
framework with the power for professional applications.
Features
- Simple
- Robust Editing Interface
- Threaded comments, Nested categories and posting to multiple categories
- Anti-Spam / Comment moderation
- Dynamic
- Full List of Features
Pivot
- Pivot is a web-based
tool to help you maintain dynamic sites, like weblogs or online journals.
Pivot is released under the GPL so it is completely free to use. It is written
in PHP, and does not require additional libraries or databases to function.
Features
- Sophisticated Categories/Weblogs system, so you can maintain several
weblogs and publish your entries how you like
- Template based. Fully adaptable to your wishes
- Built in simple search tool
- Keeps simple statistics of how your visitors came to your site
- Easy to upload and include pictures with your log-entries
- Allows for making thumbnails of uploaded images
- Comment system that remembers your visitors
- Full
List of Features
Nucleus
- Nucleus is a PHP/SQL
blogging tool which resides on your webserver. Includes multiple blog capabilities,
and RSS syndication. With Nucleus, you can set up one or more weblogs. If
you want to, you can even show the contents of multiple weblogs on the same
page.
By downloading the Nucleus Core package, you’ll already have access to a great
set of features. By dropping in plugins, you can extend the feature set even
more.
Features
- Maintenance of one or more weblogs/news-sites
- Multiple Authors
- Within a weblog, you can set up one or more categories.
- Built-in commenting system
- Full
List of Features
Subtext
- Subtext is a personal
blog publishing platform that focuses on usability, elegance, and simplicity.
If you’ve ever caught yourself throwing your hands in the air and declaring
that you’re going to write your own blogging engine, then Subtext is
for you.
Features
- XHTML and CSS compliant
- Search engine-friendly permalink structure via friendly URLs
- TrackBack and Pingback
- Hosts multiple blogs on a single installation
- MetaWeblog API support
- Full
List of Features
FlatPress
- FlatPress is
an open-source standard-compliant multi-lingual extensible blogging engine
which does not require a database to work.
You don’t need MySQL because FlatPress stores all of its content on
text files.
Features
- Standard-compliant (XHTML valid)
- Plugin support
- Easy to customize with themes
- Free and Open Source
- Text Files
- Multiple Categorization
- Archiving
- Links / Blogroll
Drupal
- Drupal is equipped with
a powerful blend of features, Drupal supports a variety of websites ranging
from personal weblogs to large community-driven websites.
Features
- Collaborative Book
- Friendly URLs
- Online help
- Personalization
- Role based permission system
- Polls
- Templating
- Full List of Features
Geeklog
- Geeklog is a PHP/MySQL
based application for managing dynamic web content.
"Out of the box", it is a blog engine, or a CMS (portal system)
with support for users, comments, trackbacks, multiple syndication formats,
spam protection, and all the other vital features of such a system.
Features
- Free and Open Source
- Multi-User Support
- MySQL Datastorage
- Commercial Support
- Archiving
- Links / Blogroll
- Multi-paged posts
Mephisto
- Mephisto is a web
publishing system. It’s a blog engine with some simple CMS-ish concepts
(sections, pages), a very flexible templating system, and an aggressive caching
scheme that takes advantage of your web server’s best traits.
Features
- Beautiful admin interface
- Slick Asset Management
- Flexible Liquid templating system
- ATOM feeds
- some tagging, some ajax, yadda yadda.
- Full
List of Features
Pebble
- Pebble is a
lightweight, open source, Java EE blogging tool. It’s small, fast and feature-rich
with unrivalled ease of installation and use. Blog content is stored as XML
files on disk and served up dynamically, so there’s no need to install a database.
All maintenance and administration can be performed through your web browser,
making Pebble ideal for anybody who is constantly on the move or doesn’t have
direct access to their host.
Features
- Posting and management of content through your web browser, including
rich text editor support.
- Blogger and MetaWeblog API interface included for posting content via
compatible tools.
- Categorisation of content into multiple hierarchical categories.
- Tagging of content and a generation of a tagcloud.
- RSS enclosures for distrbuting files or podcasting.
- Simple content publication workflow.
- Pinging websites via XML-RPC when new blog entries are added.
- Publication of static content alongside your blog entries.
- Full List of
Features
LifeType
- LifeType is an open-source
blogging platform with support for multiple blogs and users in a single installation.
Features
- User Friendly Interface
- Integrated Media Management
- Choose your Style
- Built-in anti-spam Filter
- Multiple Users per Blog
- Full
List of Features
dasBlog
- dasBlog is an open
source blogging platform for ASP.NET 2.0
Features
- Ability to pre- and post-date entries
- Automatic Referral and Trackback blacklist update
- Logging and display of Comment IP addresses and resolved Hostnames for
Admins
- Admin access auditing
- Improved RSS Comments support for SharpReader and RSS Bandit
- Theme templates are now cached in memory
- Support for running under ASP.NET 2.0
- Permalinks based on Title and Date optional: 2005/06/06/title.aspx
- Works with Windows Live Writer out of the box
- Full List
of Features
Elgg
- Elgg is an open-source social
networking platform. It offers blogging, networking, community, collecting
of news using feeds aggregation and file sharing features. Everything can
be shared among users with access controls and everything can be cataloged
by tags as well.
Features
- Blogging
- Social networking
- File repositories for individuals and communities
- Podcast support
- Full access controls
- Supports tagging
- Full RSS support
- Full List of
Features
BoastMachine
- BoastMachine is an
open source, state of the art publishing platform written from scratch, that
makes your web publishing experience so fun and easy as never before! From
the fully automated installation to advanced content management featuresto
spam fighting, boastMachine provides you with all that you would ever need!
Features
- Lightweight, yet full-featured and easy to use
- Powerful content management system
- Dynamic search engine friendly pages
- Various permission levels for posts
- Supports multiple blogs, authors, user levels and profiles
- Readymade language, theme and smiley packs
- Built-in spam-figthing capabilities
- Powerful backup/restore system
- Written in PHP and backed by MySQL
- FREE and Open Source (GPL)
- Full
List of Features
DotClear
- DotClear is a
French blog package distributed as free software under GNU General Public
License. DotClear has had large Success in France and Belgium. DotClear has
the ability to write posts using either XHTML or wiki syntax, as well as being
multi-user with multiple levels of access.
Features
- RSS and Atom feeds
- Multi-user levels
- Multilingual interface
- Use of MySQL and PHP 4.1+
- Use of CSS
- Full
List of Features
LiveJournal
- LiveJournal lets
you express yourself, share your life, and connect with friends online. You
can use LiveJournal in many different ways: as a private journal, a blog,
a discussion forum, a social network, and more.
Features
- Numerous Pre-made Designs for Your Journal
- Post Rich Media to Your Journal
- Tag and Categorize Your Entries
- Manage Comments in Your Journal
- Full
List of Features
Textpattern
- Textpattern is a flexible,
elegant and easy-to-use content management system. Textpattern is a web application
designed to help overcome hurdles to publishing online, and to simplify the
production of well-structured, standards-compliant web pages.
Features
- Quick conversion of plain text to valid XHTML with Textile
- Quickly search old articles by keyword
- Up-to-the-minute visitor/referrer logs
- Browser-based template and CSS editing
- Unlimited site sections
- Unlimited article, link, file and image categories
- Full List of Features
blojsom
- blojsom
is a Java-based, full-featured, multi-blog, multi-user software package.
Features
- Plugins and Event/Listeners
- Syndication Formats
- Templates and Themes
- Remote Editing
- Full
List of Features
NanoBlogger
- NanoBlogger
is a small weblog engine written in Bash for the command line. It uses common
UNIX tools, such as cat, grep and sed to create static HTML content. It’s
free to use and modify under the GNU General Public License.
Features
- intuitive command line interface
- highly configurable and script-able
- easy drafting, editing and management of entries
- archiving by category, year, month, day, and entry
- pagination
- permanent and navigational links
- templates and CSS style sheets for full control over layout
- placeholders for easy template manipulation
- support for multiple weblogs
- Full
List of Features
BlogEngine.Net
- BlogEngine.NET
is an open source .NET blogging project that was born out of desire for a
better blog platform. A blog platform with less complexity, easy customization,
and one that takes advantage of the latest .NET features.
Features
BBlog
- bBlog is a powerful,
elegant personal publishing system written in PHP and released as free, Open
Source software under the GPL. It is a flexible but simple way to blog that
works for blogging beginners, and can grow into a more advanced user’s needs.
Features
- Fast, easy installation gets you up and running in minutes
- Complete control of look and feel of your blog
- Easier customization through Smarty templating
- Modular architecture makes it easy to drop in a new plugin developed
by our active development community
- Threaded comments
- Advanced trackbacks, Blogrolling, XML/RPC, spam protection
- Comprehensive support for web standards
- Uses PHP/MySQL
- Full List of Features
Movable Type
- Movable Type is
a professional publishing platform developed by California-based Six Apart.
Features
- A completely reinvented user interface
- Built in reports on blog activity
- Integrated asset manager for uploading, reusing, and finding files like
photos, audio, and video
- Blog-style presentation of your recent content is easy to skim and lets
you know how your blogs are doing
- Customize MT’s entire user interface using the same MT template language
that publishes your blog
- Full List of Features
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