So I set out to create a blog for my website and spent some considerable time looking at possible options. Most of my development is done in Ruby these days, so I wanted to stick with a Ruby package if possible. These were my finalists:- Radiant CMS: not a pure blogging solution, but a full-featured, extensible CMS with blogging modules. It would allow me to add new functionality to my programmer-heart's delight.
- Typo: the oldest, tried-and-true Ruby blogging system out there. This heavyweight is a non-nonsense blogging machine.
- Mephisto: a leaner blogging app than Typo, but still with nice features.
Typo -- at least it seemed. I used the typo gem to install my blog. Added database permissions and began configuring things. I edited the default Hello World post that was auto-created. I was on my way until I created my first new post. No visual errors appeared, but the posts were not being saved. What could be going on?
I often enjoy a good troubleshooting session, but not this time around. I had 3 blogs needing to be setup (for various sites) and I didn't want to deal with these issues. I decided to try out Google's hosted Blogger and the rest is history!
Although there is no Markdown, Textile, or other markup suppport, it does include a WYSIWYG editor with full html tags. Here's some other benefits:
- use your own domain for free (or subdomain as I have done with this blog)
- fully customizable layout
- API for programmatic access
- 3 minute setup of a new blog
- Google handles everything for you (1 less component to manage)
- did I mention it was free?
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