Ninite makes installing a plethora of new applications really simple. With Windows 7 coming out, or those who feeling the urge to clean out Vista or Windows XP, we are all looking at simpler ways to install a lot of great programs out there.  That is what Ninite is all about. 
All you have [...]

SMF, or otherwise known as Simple Machines Forum, is a free professional software package that will let you get yourself an online community setup in minutes.  I had not heard much about this software till I started working for Lunarpages, since it is what they use to run their forums.  Ever since though, I [...]

Via a request I got via e-mail I recently posted a tutorial for Lunarpages on how to install bbPress onto your run-of-the-mill Linux-based hosting account.  I have to say, I had never used bbPress before till then, and I like it a lot.
For those of you who may not recognize the name, bbPress comes from [...]

If you are in the search for a PHP-powered blogging application that gives you an easy gateway into running a blog, online diary or even a complete web page – Serendipity is a free script worth checking out.
Looking over the fresh install instructions, the process looks pretty straight forward.  You upload, configure and get [...]

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 [...]

While a little light on documentation, Eggblog looks to be a nice alternative blogging script for those of you who might not want to follow the fold and use WordPress or one of the other more popular solutions out there.
Some of the features of Eggblog are:

easy to use web-based administration to add, edit and [...]

There are a lot of blogging tools out there under the sun.  One that does not get much credit, but I think is pretty nice is Dotclear.  An open-source web publishing software, Dotclear has been around since 2002.  The project’s purpose is to provide a user-friendly tool allowing anyone to publish on the web, regardless [...]

Thus far I have to say that WordPress 2.6 looks like a pretty awesome upgrade.  Just did a few upgrades myself, but haven’t had time yet to play with everything that is new…

I’m happy to announce that version 2.6 of WordPress.org is now available, almost a month ahead schedule. Version 2.6 “Tyner,” named for jazz [...]

So you want to get up and going with your own WordPress powered web site, but you are afraid of installing it on your own?  Thankfully there are a few ways you can get it installed without having to left a finger FTP client.
One solution would be to look and see if your web host [...]

At least once a year I get so frustrated with Windows I look over at Linux and see what is happening on that side of the fence. Now before I might do the whole Live CD thing – my main problem with that though is that my CD drive in this PC sounds like [...]