PHP blog software

[avivoosh]

Hi,

I have several blogs and would like to move them from the public arena ( blogger.com) to my own server.
I am looking for a good PHP compatible blog software.
My Admin guy suggested "BBlog". Did any of you guys ever heard and can comment about this software?

Can you recommend a good PHP blog software, easy to use and can be multi lingual?

Thank you

[Linda Buquet]

WordPress IMHO is the best and most people agree. My blog is #1 in all the search engines and uses WP.

[avivoosh]

Thank you Linda for your answer...

Can I have multiple blogs with WP?
From what is mentioned on their site I cannot open more than 1 blog.

I would like to have a few blogs, is there another PHP Blog software that enables me this?

Thank,

[Teli]

Originally Posted by avivoosh

Can I have multiple blogs with WP?
From what is mentioned on their site I cannot open more than 1 blog.

Actually, you can have as many WP blogs as you like, however, they would each need to be installed separately with a different prefix in the DB.

Create a database (call it 'wordpress' if you like), then for each of your WP powered blogs, open the wp-config-sample.php file and change the prefix (i.e. 'wp_') to something different for each blog, like wp2_, wp3_, and so forth, making sure to leave the database information the same.

The drawback would be that you cannot manage each blog from a single WP admin area.

WordPress also has a multi-user software called WPMU which allows for multiple installations. The software is still in beta and it's a good idea to have some technical knowledge.

If that's still out of your scope, there is a plugin called Multiply. It's important to note that because Multiply is a plugin that changes table structures, it may make upgrading to future installations of WordPress a pain in the butt.

However, if you're looking for blogging software that has multi-blog capabilities built in, then you'd want to look into a Movable Type or Expression Engine license (pMachine Pro is still free, however, it's not actively being developed and support is limited).

Also, b2evolution (branched from b2; WP is also branched from b2) allows for multiple blogs, but from what I can tell, the spam fighting is still lacking.

Hope that gives you some ideas

~ Teli

[Linda Buquet]

You can have more than one WP blog, just just need to do multiple installs so you have a WP blog for each.

Or you can use LifeType which is a multi-blog platform that has 50 templates so each blog can have it's own look. I'm experimenting with it for a new site.

StephenR one of our mods used to use b2evolution for his multi-blogs. I looked closely at that one but Revenue magazine uses it and had terrible spam problems. I've read it's not very good at handling spam.

[StephenR]

Use Wordpress and if you have the extra money you can better search engine optimize your wordpress blog by picking up a copy of Semiologic. This turns your Wordpress blog into a fully functional content management system. I will be using this almost exclusively for all future site launches.