This article defines what hosted and non-hosted blogging platforms are and explains the pros and cons of each.
Choosing Movable Type as Your Blogging Platform
March 2, 2009 By 4 Comments
Movable Type is the self-hosted blog platform offered by SixApart (also owner of Typepad). Ostensibly, Movable Type is the equivalent of WordPress.org. Put simply: Both are non-hosted blogging platforms that allow you to tweak your own code. Movable Type, at one point several years ago, was set to be a “potential successor to the kingdom [...]
Choosing Typepad as Your Blogging Platform
January 26, 2009 By 4 Comments
Typepad is a paid, hosted platform and is one of the most popular options in the blogosphere right now. One of the questions I am asked most often is whether Typepad is worth paying for. Even though the service is reasonably priced, many bloggers aren’t sure they want to pay for their hobby, but they [...]
Latest Posts at BlogHer.com
January 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I’ve been writing up at storm at BlogHer.com and I realized I hadn’t been sharing those posts with you! Choosing a Blogging Platform Choosing Blogger (Blogspot) as Your Blogging Platform List of 2009 Blogging Conferences: Something for Everyone! (This post includes a printable PDF listing the conferences and their dates.)
Which blog platform should I choose?
March 30, 2007 By 1 Comment
There are so many blogging platforms (the company that provides your blog software–e.g., Blogger, TypePad, or WordPress) out there it would impossible for me to list them all. However, there are several that are the most popular and I’ll cover those in this post. Rather than re-type information that is already out there, I will [...]
