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Small, Yet Powerful Blogging with Pritlog

Dec/06 in Web Development Tutorials

Pritlog sounds like a knock off cheese log you might be expecting to see from your great aunt Marie this holiday season, however I can confirm, right off the bat, that you are wrong.  Pritlog is an extremely simple (yet powerful) blogging script.

pmwiki-32 Some of the features included are:

  • Archive
  • Comments with users
  • Mail on Comments
  • Reddit
  • Pagination
  • Bbcode by editing html (work around)
  • RSS Feeds
  • List all comments

So it has a lot of the standard bases covered.  It also probably has one of the shortest install documentations I have ever seen.  Another interesting factoid is it does not use or need a MYSQL database and fully works based on flat files.

Have a sold you yet?  Pritlog is totally free and can be downloaded here:

http://hardkap.net/pritlog/pmwiki.php?n=Pritlog.Downloads

Check out the demo, and let me know what you think.  It might be too simple for some – but if you like easy and small, Pritlog is the way to go.

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Media Publishing Made Easier with Loudblog

Dec/04 in Web Development Tutorials

I have looked at a lot of blogging engines lately, but Loudblog is a little different.  It proudly claims it does not have the full weblog publishing features like a MovableType or Textpattern – however it does promise to be the best publishing system out there for anybody who wishes to share their own media.

Installing this script should be no problem with any shared Linux-based hosting.  They only require 1 MB of free web space, PHP 4.3 or higher and MySQL 4 or higher.  After installing, you can upload your content via the web site or FTP and then you can add and edit lots of meta information for that media. 

 audio-track-editing-blog

You can also install templates and plugins to customize your experience even more.

You can check out the demo on OpenSourceCMS if you want to give it a try.  If you are looking for a sleek and easy to use content management system for publishing a podcast, Loudblog is definitely worth checking into.

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LifeType is Your Blogging Solution?

Dec/03 in Web Development Tutorials

lifetype-blogging-help A “state of the art blogging solution” is how LifeType describes themselves.  For me, they were filed in the drawer labeled “blogging engines I had never heard of”.  It does a good job at covering all the blogging basics.  

They have ping and trackback, RSS, blogroll, permalinks, and come reading for moblogging too. 

How easy is it to install?  The installation process looks pretty straight forward.  Should be good to go on any Linux-based hosting setup with MySQL database support.

LifeType also has a very interesting history, as described by their about page:

The LifeType project started in February 2003 when its leader, Oscar Renalias, needed a set of dynamic scripts for his personal web page. Even though he did not know about the idea of weblogs back then, the outcome of the first iteration of the project already resembled one. A few weeks later Francesc, another one of the founding members, suggested that developing a blog with support for multiple users and blogs could be a better idea, and so pLog 0.1 was released on the 2nd of September 2003 featuring most of the features that are still part of the core features nowadays: multi-user and multi-blog from the ground up, template engine, localizable and extensible via plugins.

It seems it was also known as pLog for some time, but they had to drop the name due to trademark concern with Amazon.

Here are a few more links you may wish to have handy:

  • LifeType Templates and Styles – The styles for LifeType are fully customizable, so you can fix it up to suit any design need you might have.
  • LifeType Plugins – As with other blogging scripts (like WordPress) LifeType comes with the ability to add a number of different plugins too.

If you want to give it a whirl before you install, you can try out the admin and user interface demo over at OpenSourceCMS.

LifeType’s biggest feature is that they support multiple blogs and users in a single installation.  You can download LifeType via their web site, and if you have had any experience with it, I would love to hear your feedback.  Is it really the state of the art blogging solution it claims to be?

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Habari = Next Generation Blogging Script?

Dec/02 in Web Development Tutorials

Looking at more blogging script alternatives, I ran across one that promises to be, “next-generation blogging.”.  I don’t even know what that means, but I do have to admit Habari has a bright future in t-shirt slogans if nothing else.

habari-blog-script

To check out the demo, click here.  So what does set Habari apart from the crowd?

Habari is being written with a firm understanding of the current state of blogging. Most other blogging packages have been around long enough that their responses to things like comment spam and Digg site overloads are bolted on after the fact; whereas Habari is being written from the beginning to take these things — and more — into account.

Here is some video of it in action.  You can check out the official site for a few more screenshots too.

Download Habari, and give it a shot.  If you run into any issues, you might double check with your web host that all the requirements are met.  The only bad side is they have some pretty oddball must-haves in there.

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Database-less Blogging with Flatpress

Nov/28 in Web Development Tutorials

FlatPress Blogging

Looking for another blogging script alternative?  The neat thing about FlatPress is that they say it needs no database management system to work.  Now, how the heck do they do that?  You don’t need MySQL because FlatPress stores all of its content on text files.  Some of the other features included are:

  • Standard-compliant (XHTML valid)
  • Plugin support
  • Widget system
  • Easy to customize with themes (powered by Smarty)

As you can see, it has all the usual bells and whistles most bloggers are looking for.

Looking for help using FlatPress?  They have a very nice wiki available with tons of useful links and helpful information.  They have forums too.  To see FlatPress in action, go check out the FlatPress blog.

To get a good idea on what you can do to theme it, check out their test blog here:

+ http://themes.flatpress.org/

You can download FlatPress for free, and give it a shot.  If you are looking to support one of the many other free blog scripts out there, using FlatPress would be a great way to get started.

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Easier Web Site Translations

Nov/11 in Online Apps

translate-thisNot many web sites out there are region specific, so we have to realize we are aiming our content out there to the world, and not just one niche audience.

With that in mind, you might think to yourself, “How can I do multiple translations of my web site for everybody?” 

Well with ConveyThis.com, you do not have to.  ConveyThis.com takes the AddThis.com or ShareThis.com aspect of bookmarking and puts a translating twist to it.  By simply adding one button to your web site, you can quickly offer translations into 29 different languages. 

Think of it as a quick and easy way to access some of the most popular translation services out there such as Google translate, BabelFish, Live Translator, and more!  It is easy to register, and once you do – all you need to do is embed your code into your site.  It is just that easy! 

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Mitchelaneous Goes Black and White

Oct/07 in Web Development Tutorials

The latest site of mine to get a re-design, is Mitchelaneous.com.  The basics are the same, but I really wanted a black layout.  I had never had one before – and well, hey it is mine, so I can do what I want. (hehe) Coming next month will be my four year anniversary of starting it up too.

new-mitchelaneous

Hope you enjoy, and if you just subscribe to the RSS feed – that works too.  For those of you who go out of your way to both visit the site and subscribe to the RSS feed – you my friend, are awesome. Give me your feedback on the theme and any general thoughts you might have about the content here.  What do you like, what do you hate, what do you want to see more of?  Let me make you happy.

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Windows Live Writer Rocks

Feb/17 in Desktop Apps

Ok, maybe I am a little behind the times – or am very careful before I give Microsoft the fair shake. Whatever my reason was, I never tried Windows Live Writer till the other day. I figured it would be like every other blog updater I’ve seen out there. It would do everything but (insert feature here). Well, I am happy to say that Windows Live Writer does it all – and does it well.

I am damned impressed with the entire product. I hate to sound like an anti-Microsoft goon, but it is a little hard to believe they developed such a nice product. (Just in case any of the Microsoft guys are reading, really don’t mean that as a back handed compliment) It worked with WordPress right off the bat too with no problems at all.

Inserting pictures into posts is as easy as dragging the image from the desktop of folder into the main editing window of Live Writer. It gets automatically uploaded, just as any other image would to my hosting account. The in-dept draft feature is nice too. I can save as a draft here on my machine, or on the server.

The only downside I have found (and this might be more my fault than Microsoft’s) is the Web Layout preview doesn’t work that well with all of the various places I write. Other than that though I would highly encourage any and all to go check it out if you haven’t. Windows Live Writer is definitely worth your time for sure and won’t cost you any money.

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Drop the Mike, Pick up a new Subscription!

Dec/14 in Web Development Tutorials

Mike Muise, one of the tech geek, pretty good writer and business development mastermind has started up his own blog over at DroptheMike.com. I’m always excited to highlight interesting people in the hosting and domains universe and Mike does fit the bill there.

In the hope to drum up some interest in the new project, he is also giving away a Ipod Nano (to one lucky winner) for those who spread the word about him. Heck I would have done it for free too. Shameless promotion aside, reading some of his posts he has up thus far I am highly impressed and can’t wait to read more. Might have to try to get him on the podcast too.

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Why Are You Reading This?

Dec/07 in Personal

This web site has been around for a while – but as you haven’t noticed I have always kept things very basic here. What does that mean?

No about page. Contrary to the name, I didn’t want this blog to be totally about me. So for those who are new – or for those of you who have always wondered this is why you are reading this.

Mitch, Mitch who? I don’t know you!

Mitchelaneous started being hosted over at Lockergnome’s now defunked blogging service through Blogware. I mainly wanted to try my hand at running a blog – and being a writer for Lockergnome helped me in more ways than one. It was a good way to get some more traffic to me and to get some people talking about me. I was one of those guys who was lucky do get 5 people a day – now I was dealing with hundreds. Continue Reading →

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