On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 17:33:59 +1200 Ben Bodley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Steve Holdoway wrote: > > Can anyone suggest any decent software to set up a blog? It's for some > > friends of ours where mum+9yo son go wandering around Europe for a few > > months, while dad stays back here. None are particularly technical, so it > > must be pretty easy to use and update ( text+piccies ) from internet caffs > > round the world. > > > > To bring it on topic, it's going to be installed on a linux server - either > > one I've got out in the big wide world, or back here in the orifice if it's > > really complex. Wahtever, I've got the resources for a lamp solution. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Steve > > > > If you're going to run it on your own box, definitely > http://www.wordpress.org, very easy to set up. As you get in to it, its > also simple to customise with plugins and themes. > > Basically unzip a tarball into a directory off your main wwwroot, set up > the user and password for your MySQL, and you're away. > > I've set up a few people's copies so if you run into any probs I'd be > happy to help. > > Ben Blimey, that took a lot of installing! Just waiting for wordpress.org to come online for some new themes. Thanks for that one.
