Whats a good blogging system to setup with a domain.

Question

It has to allow for hosting additional files like .exe .

I also really like the design for blog.stackoverflow.com, what does Jeff use?

I'm really looking for a hosted solution, I don't want to install/debug/deal with the hosting company. I currently use wordpress, but as I understand I can't host any .exe files and change the CNAME records of my domain.

Answer 1

The de facto standard blogging platform these days is Wordpress, and it's pretty damn good. As for alternative, Moveable Type is picking up speed again.

Answer 2

Jeff and his team coded this up from scratch using Asp.Net MVC Framework (I think).

Your best choice for a blogging platform is Wordpress for the following reasons:

• Very simple to install (and most hosting providers will have support for it)
• Very easy to use. It's one of the simplest to get going with.
• Very extensible - has a huge number of plugins that you can install to add functionality.
• Very easy to customize - the programming model is simple enough that you can add your own changes to it easily.

Other popular options: Drupal, Joomla, DotNetNuke

Answer 3

blog.stackoverflow.com is using self-hosted Wordpress with Zimpleza theme. There are hosting wordpress providers that will let you use your own domain name. Now with exe file, why don't you host them on something like Amazon S3 cloud?

Answer 4

Personally, I like to use a blogging engine that is built on technologies I know. I am a .NET developer and so I use Subtext or BlogEngine.NET because they are open source and also because they are built on .NET so I can tweak them as I'd like. Anyway, something to consider.

BTW, regardless, I do highly recommend Subtext or BlogEngine.NET if you plan to self host and want to go an ASP.NET route.