| Free blogsite package makes publishing distinctive blogs easy |
Jan. 25, 2006
Bloggers wanting to rise above the blogosphere noise, but not prepared to tackle the likes of Drupal, would do well to check out Thingamablog, a free, open source blogsite publishing package. Thingamablog is a standalone blogging application that makes authoring and publishing weblogs as simple as possible, according to the project team.
Unlike most blogging software packages, Thingamablog does not require its web-accessed files to reside on a cgi/php-enabled webserver, and doesn't need a MySQL database. According to the project's website, all that's needed to set up and manage a blog using Thingamablog is FTP, SFTP, or network access to a basic webserver.
Listed Thingamablog capabilities include:- Set up a blog in minutes via a wizard
- Maintain multiple blogs
- Manage thousands of entries
- Dynamically update blog content
- Write entries offline (for dialup users)
- Publish your blog with a single click
- Read news with an integrated feed reader
- Make posts from favorite feeds
- Create a unique layout with customizable templates
- Import news from RSS/Atom feeds
- Set up flexible archiving options
- Organize blog entries by category or date
- Save entries as drafts
- Define custom template tags
Syndicatation of blogs via RSS or Atom feeds and ping services such as weblogs.com, BlogRolling, and Blo.gs are also an option, the project said.
"Because Thingamablog was designed to generate pages locally, rather than assuming what users can or cannot run on the server-side, there aren't any native Thingamablog commenting capabilities," the project's website says. However, despite this apparent limitation, there are several free add-ons that can be used to add commenting capabilities to a Thingamablog blog.
Some examples of Thingamablog-created blogsites are listed here.
Availability
Thingamablog is released under the GNU GPL (General Public License) and is available for free download here. The installer is less than 4 MB for all platforms. Versions are available Linux, Solaris, Unix, and Windows.
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