Blogger script

searching for a simple one

[hafnius]

Hi all

I need for a client a simple php/mysql blogger script. I have been on Google with little effect.

1. admin levels for posting
2. user level for comments
3. preff. open license

i dont want all the extra features like karma-voting, smilies etc.

i speak a little php so i can configure it myself.

Do you guys (and girls) now of such a script that you can recomend?

Kind Regards
/Klaus

[Jenstar]

I have used pmachine and nucleus for blogs, which are both php/mysql. Moveable Type is also another extremely popular blogging script, which I believe is php/mysql as well.

[griz_fan]

I'm a big fan of PMachine. It comes in two varieties, the free version and a $40 paid version. The free version is great, and the $40 will get you support for multiple blogs and an integrated forum.
Things I like about PMachine:
1. Easy to use, very nice admin interface.
2. It generates very clean XHTML compliant output
3. It is very modular and quite easy to implement into your existing page layout (simply place the includes for the functionality you want into your PHP pages)
4. It is easy to pick and choose the features you want to use.
5. Very good developer support and an active base of users.

I've tried quite a few of these scripts, and I'd say that PMachine sounds like a very good match to your needs...

[NeedScripts]

If you want it for personal use why not check out

1) greymatter
2) movabletype (has tons of features)
3) Nucleus CMS

They are many more.. but I think anyone of above should solve your needs :)

Hope this helps.

Need Scripts

P.S.. all of these scripts are for FREE.

[hafnius]

Hi all

Thanx for all your suggestions. i have not settled for a final solution, but i find that it is a good way to get into some php/mysql by finetuning these free programs to fit your own needs.

Kind regards
/Hafnius

[shelleycat]

One other fairly well known and popular PHP based blog script is b2 (cafelog.com). Has a fair bit of functionality, an active development community and is pretty easy to set up and customise. Oh and is free of course :D

I can't say if it's any better or worse than the others since I haven't used most of them, and I guess it depends on what each user wants anyway, but I thought I'd trow it into the mix :)

Note: greymatter is perl based and doesn't use php or mysql (unless there's been a new version in the last few months?). Still a nice package though for a more basic blog, particularly if you want static html pages as your output.

[oilman]

don't forget Bloxsom [raelity.org] - no fancy interface but it doesn't get easier to setup

[vincevincevince]

i do recommend b2 :-) it's great
but please please do a quick edit to the scripts so it uses an md5 of the password not plaintext! (the security amazes me!)