1 of 8

Write now Article Tools

Page 2 of 2

It is, however, less customizable than Blogger and Wordpress, templates and themes are less easily found, and users have to put up with unruly header and footer advertisement bars.

- Myspace.com & Xanga.com: These websites are less blog platforms and more social sites. They do, however, have blogging platforms available and are easy for new users.

- Vox.com: A new platform on the scene, Vox is also a social website, though they focus their attention on blogging and community. If you're interested in a build in community, Vox is for you. Their stock templates are cute and easy to use and there is likely something for everyone to be found at Vox.

- Other free sites include: Mindsay.com, Muliply.com, b2evolution.com, and iblog.com.

Hosted: For many of us, some of whom began on platforms such as Blogger and Wordpress, hosting out own blog is an option. As most hosts offer a one click installation of Wordpress (found at Wordpress.Org) hosting has become easy and manageable. A number of good platforms can be found on the internet with a quick google.com search. Wordpress also offers a list of suggested hosts for those interested. I strongly recommend Startlogic.com, their inexpensive and extremely user friendly!

- Wordpress.Org: A free, self hosted, blogging platform. This is the same software available for free at Wordpress.com, however offers a great deal more versatility with self-hosting. A number of themes and plug-ins are available for Wordpress, as well as the ever popular Askimet spam protection (Askimet.com.

- Blogger.com: Blogger can be hosted on an external site through FTP (File-transfer protocol). The only advantage to doing so, in my experience, is the ability to direct blogger to a personal URL.

- Other available hosted blogging software includes: Expression Engine (pMachine.com), Movable type (movabletype.com), Greymatter (Greymatter.com), Text Pattern (Textpattern.com), Mambo (Mamboserver.com), Nucleus (nucleuscms.org), Joomla (Joomla.org), Typepad (TypePad.com), and Drupal (Drupal.org).

It should be noted, in closing, that this list is not exhaustive. It is, however, a list of the most popular blogging platforms available. Happy Blogging!

Learn more about this author, Kristyn Marie Hammond.
Click here to send this author comments or questions.

• << previous page
• 1
• 2

Add your voice

Know something about Choosing a blog platform?
We want to hear your view. Write now!