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Originally Posted by JohnnyJimJams  Howdy all,
I'm looking into setting up a blog for my new site (see my signature).
As I understand it, a blog is just some small articles, organised into categories, with usually a few of the most recent posts displayed chronologically.
I have strong programming skills, and was just considering setting up my own 'blog' using mysql and php. My question (getting to the point) is:
Are there other functions of blogging software/platforms that I am missing? What else do they do? Or are they just "MS Word' for the net? Why are they necessary? |
Well, if you can create your own blog program I suppose that is a way to go about it. Why would you spend the time and energy re-inventing the wheel? It's like saying you could re-create windows, why use Bill's version? I am not a programmer but I assume that by using a program like
Wordpress you would be saving yourself ALOT of time. You will have a support system from their forums and chatroom and access to many plugins created by current users. It all comes down to time. Get your blog up and running asap.