Re: What's a Blog?

On Monday 13 February 2006 21:55, Sam Smith wrote: > I have a client who wants to blog or he wants a blog on his website. I > don't know anything about these blogs except it's sort of a fad I think. > > Isn't a blog just a simple web form with a big textarea on the blogger's > side writing to a database and then the data is displayed in chronological > order on the readers side of a website? I could create that in under an > hour. > > What don't I know? I searched up some scripts, some were free some were > $500! > > Somebody like to point me at a good script that would enlighten me? Web log. Web journal. Take your pick of name. WordPress is free, has a neat WYSIWYG editor in version 2, and has a good support community. 5 minutes to install vs an hour to code a basic interface - I'd take the 5 minutes :p If he just wants to blog, he could consider the external hostings such as wordpress.com, livejournal.com etc.