Finding a blog site with good code block support.

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Finding a blog site with good code block support.

This has probably been asked before but I can't find any relevant post using the search system.

I'm looking for a site where I could host my own blog. Unfortunately, I found none that have the kind of code block friendliness found on our very own stackoverflow (not one where you have to manually convert < and > into < and >).

If the answer is "there is none, duh!", and I am condemned to install my own blog software, then which one should I use for a "coder blog" -- knowing that I'd like it to be ultra-simple to set up.

Thanks.

+2 A:

I use appengine and bloog mostly because of this feature (and because I can extend it anyway I want). The good thing is it's relatively easy to set up and free. If your blog makes enough traffic to go over the limit for free accounts chances are you can get your money back from it.

Vasil 2009-03-23 00:45:11

Isn't it a bit "over the top" for a simple blog? (just asking)

Julian Aubourg 2009-03-23 01:12:48

Not really. The code was written already and deploying applications on appengine is as easy (if not easier) as getting a wordpress blog up.

Vasil 2009-03-23 01:18:22

Sounds nice but I admit I'm a bit lost in front of the wall of text. Is there some kind of simple tutorial somewhere?

Julian Aubourg 2009-03-23 01:43:11

The code is here http://github.com/DocSavage/bloog/tree/master. The settings are pretty obvious in config.py. Deployment info can be found here http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/gettingstarted/devenvironment.html you need to open an account on appengine and use the sdk to deploy.

Vasil 2009-03-23 02:00:42

+3 A:

I use a combination of BlogEngine.NET, Windows Live Writer and a WLW extension to format/place the code block in my blog.

Scott Hanselman has a blog post about this topic here.

There is a pretty sweet client-side (jQuery-based) code formatter here that you also might want to check out, that sounds blog-software agnostic.

Nicholas H 2009-03-23 00:49:16

I have no experience in .NET whatsoever but the jQuery plugin looks nice :)

Julian Aubourg 2009-03-23 01:13:32

I went for something hosted on blogspot and used the plugin there ;)And yes, I know, I'm slow at accepting answers :P

Julian Aubourg 2010-07-14 13:10:49

+1 A:

I was pulling my hair out trying to format code on Blogger until I found this handy utility. It's not a perfect solution, but it goes a long way.

Bill the Lizard 2009-03-23 00:50:49

Definitely not the kind of workaround I'm looking for. I tried similar solutions and it always messed up with wysiwyg editors... maybe I did it wrong?

Julian Aubourg 2009-03-23 01:14:48

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