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I apologize for talking again about integration, but, as some here seem interested in blogging with MODx, i feel MODx should keep its best qualities in its area and let others scripts delivers their best capabilities where they are good for.

Seeing different script solutions, CMS or whatever, which build their own solutions is a common thing consisting to reinvent the wheel. I feel Collaborating Software as a key solution to success for everyone at different levels. I started a thread discussion about the benefits of Collaborating Software some time ago, here is the link for more information http://www.carthag.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=81

In this state of mind, here are some blog resources if you could be interested in :

Simple Blog
1. Serendipity http://www.s9y.org/
2. WordPress http://wordpress.org
3. dotClear http://www.dotclear.net/
b2evolution http://b2evolution.net/

Multiple Blog
1. Expression Engine http://www.pmachine.com Prestations http://pmachine.com/professionals/
2. nVision Blog http://www.invisionblog.com/?features
3. Pivot http://www.pivotlog.net/
4. BlogHoster http://www.bloghoster.net/ http://webligo.com/
5. pLogWorld http://www.plogworld.net
http://www.plogworld.net/rss.php?blogId=1&categoryId=1
6. Nucleus / BlogCMS http://nucleuscms.org/ http://blogcms.com/
7. pMachine Pro http://www.pmachine.com

Now this is an area that I think you’ll see continue to increase in capability inside MODx from a native standpoint. Blogging is such a key part of marketing sites today that it makes sense to make it a part of the default install, much like the QuickEditor and builtin search. This will become particularly true when the tag support is added in a future release for system-wide tagging of any content.

MODx lends itself quite nicely to blogging with the use of a few snippets. I’m currently in the process of setting it up on my own site, and documenting the process as a Tutorial.

http://modxcms.com/blog-tutorial.html

Choosing a "partner product" does not mean to put marketing purpose apart
I understand it’s tempting to use MODx capabilities for blogging purpose, on the other way, i really doubt it can be as powerful as specialized solutions which have a good evolution curve and already have full of powerful features, community users and developers and a dedicated support. Well, i tried to all explain in the collaboration software link but ok, it’s your choice, so let’s follow

Nice work Susan

I didn’t try to build a blog with MODx yet, and normally I would bend toward Alexandre’s point of view. But as a blogger using textpattern (which is NOT a blogging tool), I see how using MODx for blogging could make it a very nice tool for power bloggers and/or corporate blogging.

What I don’t like about Blogging tools is that more often than not, they lock you into a predefined way of structuring content, plus they don’t offer full fledged customisation. Plus they don’t handle user permissions. This is no problem for average users or personnal use but I think it can be for power bloggers and corporate use...

PS : Plog is now rebranded and called LifeType

Quote from: davidm at Nov 21, 2005, 11:02 AM

What I don’t like about Blogging tools is that more often than not, they lock you into a predefined way of structuring content, plus they don’t offer full fledged customisation. Plus they don’t handle user permissions. This is no problem for average users or personnal use but I think it can be for power bloggers and corporate use...

PS : Plog is now rebranded and called LifeType

I understand this and it seems to me a very good argument but when we see what we can do with Expression Engine or Pivot...wouah...impressive.

But the really important point to me is Collaborating software itself which implies so many interesting things that i can’t go away from it

Agreed about Expression Engine, I bought the license but in the end did not use it, built my blog with it then moved to textpattern. Still, it’s a great piece of software...

@guizmo:

I would refer you to the MODx Roadmap. You can see that there is a definite direction in which the devs are taking MODx. This, however, has become quite a community of contributors, from snippets to modules to templates, etc... So, you are highly encouraged to take action in implementing the ideas that you posted above, but don’t be discoraged if those ideas can’t be addressed now or anytime soon. MODx is a truely wonderful example of open source at its finest, but even in that context, it can not be all things to all people, and it does not claim to be the end all solution for all your needs. What it does do, it does very well, but I encourage you to review what your needs are for a CMS, and compare that to the MODx roadmap. Hopefully there are parallels in your paths on the web, but perhaps there are not. There are many very useful options out there (many that you listed above) that MODx does not claim to be. You must choose the tool that is right for the task at hand. For me, that is MODx. For others, it may not be. I hope this helps.

kind regards,

-sD-
scotty Delicious

As I and many technical people are, we are always looking for the "best" solution, a way of doing things.

For blogs, I have been using Thingamablog, but it has become restrictive. Wanting to be able to have one install for multiple blogs (as with modX - one install for multiple domains). Have looked at b2evolution. Will be looking at the others noted. Thanks.
It’s always a learning process. Guess I just don’t want to reinvent the wheel (and another layer of complexity) and want something that can easily be added into modX.

In looking at this again am wanting to see if anyone has been successful at setting up modx with one installation for multiple sites and also integrating in for multiple blogs (like with b2evolution) with forum features like phpbb2 where registered users can also post blogs...
It should be noted that b2evolution is for multiple blogs and not a simple blog as noted in the first post.