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blogging from within emacs

Hi all, I would like to know what packages and tools to use to write blogs from within emacs. I mean packages to write and publish. I 've seen a demo of that in textmate : http://blog.macromates.com/2006/blogging-from-textmate/ Is it possible to do the same in emacs? Thank you very much. Edit: I found a package in google code that s...

static html blog/cms to run on a USB stick?

What are the options for having a simple blog, content management system that will deploy the full site as static html over FTP/SFTP and any blog API? I am aware of Thingamablog but it hasn't been updated in more than a year so i guess is dead now. What are my alternatives that must export at least static HTML to a FTP server? It would...

Community system for programmers and domain specialists in a company.

Hi, I have taken on the task of bettering the communication between our company employees by offering them a blog-like site and a forum. I thought that people could post articles on the blog-frontpage and ask technical and product related questions in the forum section. We have a MS Sharepoint site, but I don't feel it has the same pub...

Blog Architecture Design, using MVC and DDD

I'm designing a blog architecture on asp.net mvc. Lets say i only have 2 entities: post and comment. do i need a controller and a repository for each one? how goes the mechanism for displaying a post with it's comments? do the post controller looks in the posts repository for the post, then asks the comment controller to retrieve all the...

What are the best and most ethical ways to promote a new coding blog?

I am having a go at blogging and would like to get some discussions going instead of just yelling into the void. So I was wondering what are the some recommended ways to get my posts noticed without becoming a nuisance to the internet at large? ...

Why does every man and his dog want to code a blogging engine?

Cal Henderson (of Flickr fame) gave a keynote "Why I hate Django" at DjangoCon 2008, which is well worth a watch for many reasons. In one bit he asked how many of the audience were working on blogging engines. So many people put their hands up in fact that of those that didn't he asked "Why aren't you?" Anecdote aside, I see so many q...

Best Blogging Platforms (.NET)

What are your thoughts on the best blogging platforms for .NET bloggers? I've used BlogEngine.NET and it was ok. I've never used SubText or dasBlog. There are some commercial products which have free editions, such as Telerik's Sitefinity and Telligent's Community Server or Graffiti. Anyone have any thoughts? ...

Best blogging software themes for programmers

Anyone knows a blogging theme (like for Wordpress) that isn't super narrow and full of panels. I am looking for a blog that has the most space for post and easier on the eyes (probably light grey or white-ish). I checked out several themes but couldn't find one that's not too flashy. ...

Statistics & other add-on tools for Planet blog aggregator software

Hi, The Planet software is often used for particular topics or large projects, to collect blogs that post on a particular theme. http://www.planetplanet.org/ I think there are lots of interesting add-ons that could be done for it but so far I haven't seen any. Does anyone know any? (Because of the name, it's kinda hard to search for......

asp.net mvc blogging engine

I am looking for some open source blogging engine build on ASP.NET MVC. Is there any production ready projects available? Note from svinto: I want this as well, but rather something that plugs in to any asp.net mvc site, using any DI/IoC or ORM. - Instead of creating a new similar question, I'm using this one. These are the blogging e...

What are the best Ruby or Rails blogs?

So what are your favorite Ruby or Ruby on Rails blogs? One link per post please and short description would be nice. ...

Photo Blog on the Cheap

My dad and step-mom are building a straw bale hay house this year and I've put up a Mephisto blog for them to document it. However, my dad is not really technically savvy and the "file upload and link inside of a blog post" process is a bit much for him. Therefore, I'm seeking some alternatives. I have a couple of ideas. One is to use fl...

Well-respected developer blogs written by non-famous people

Many of us probably follow the developer blogs of well-known names - Joel Spolsky, Jeff Atwood, etc. Many of us probably also follow the technical blogs of people we've come to know through our careers or our interactions. These could be blogs of exceedingly high quality that are just not as well known. What developer blogs do you r...

SEO consequences of using a subdomain for an externally-hosted blog?

Is there any SEO disadvantage in using a subdomain to host a blog on Wordpress or Blogger? I don't want to go to the trouble of creating a blog module for my site - I'd rather just set up a CNAME entry and point a subdomain to a free Wordpress or Blogger account. Will Google punish me for doing this by claiming that I have "duplicate con...

Which C#/.NET blogs do you read?

What are your favourite C#, .NET and programming blogs? I'm thinking more along the lines of blogs for experienced profesionals who as well as being interested in keeping up to date with the latest developments in .NET and C# are also interested in: Agile methodologies, but particulary anything with a .NET slant Managing an SOA enviro...

Ruby CMS/blog: Mephisto vs. Radiant

I'm looking for a blogging tool with some light CMS features in Ruby on Rails. I mainly want something simple, but configurable. I have no need for page snippets, etc. Just your basic main blog, very good (and easy) theme support, some nice sidebar stuff, a few static pages and MetaWeblog API support. I'm thinking of either using Mephis...

Create Multiple 'Posts' lists in one SharePoint Web.

Hi, Is it poosible to create multiple SharePoint lists in a single SharePoint web. We do not want to create seaparate sub-webs for each blog site. Any pointers on how to achieve this would be very helpful. Kind regards, ...

Wordpress MU themes and Plugins

Hi, I have some X number of blogs setup in the Wordpress MU . I need to install themes for each of the blogs. How do I install themes for them? If I install in the main directory will it work for all the blogs or I need to install for each of the blogs separately as we do in the traditional Wordpress. Please let me know for plugins ...

Managing RSS feeds

I am developing for a website that has an event "listing" service. It uses an rss feed (located at the web root under the name 'rss.xml') to give an RSS feed of the events to users who are interested in the service. I've been tasked with developing a blog for the website. I have the blog piece done, but I'm not sure the best way to inte...

DotNetNuke: Social Links for Blog Module

What is the best method for adding social links to each blog entry? I could use sample code of adding links to the ascx files or I am even able to pay a little for a module that will do it. I will have parent and child portals. edit: I've updated the module and checked the social bookmarking options. However it did not appear? Am I...