valien.net » plug-ins http://www.valien.net fragmenting packets since 1999. Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:02:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Ingredients of a Blog http://www.valien.net/ingredients-of-a-blog/ http://www.valien.net/ingredients-of-a-blog/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:17:09 +0000 Allen http://www.valien.net/ingredients-of-a-blog/ It’s amazing how blogging technology has changed over the course of the last 5-7 years. Back in 2002 when I first started blogging about the only thing available was Blogger (which at that time was a small independent company). I started posting some news before that but I was using news script that utilized flat file storage (I think Stomped.com used to use it when they were a news site).

Back then if you wanted to implement your own blog it took a little creativity to install, some MySQL knowledge possibly, and a few cans of caffeine to get it working right. Now it’s a piece of cake. Wordpress installs in less than 5 minutes. and Blogspot/Blogger is a piece of cake to use with all their built-in tools.
I like using Wordpress due to it’s simplicity and functionality. I have a personal blog on Blogger and I used to use Movable Type a long time ago but changed when they got rid of their free license. What makes Wordpress even better is the amount of plug-ins available to customize and tweak your blog.

Here’s a rundown on what I’m using at the moment -

I’m sure I’ll be adding more as I discover what’s good and what’s not good and as this site grows and matures. So if you’re a beginning blogger check out some of those tools. Might save you a few hours of searching!

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