"Neil Jones" wrote in message news:PC63i.77333$vE1.53194@newsfe24.lga...
> Hello everyone.
>
> I have a basic question. I am interested in setting up a blog server
> and have signed up with a Blog server ISP. Now I need to know the tools
> required to start publishing the content. What tools do I need without
> having to learn a programming language or some complex tool? I want to
> be able to open up an editor and publish to my blogging site. What do I
> need?
>
> Thank you in advance for any help/advice.
>
> Regards,
>
> NJ


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Neil Jones wrote:
> Hello everyone.
>
> I have a basic question. I am interested in setting up a blog server
> and have signed up with a Blog server ISP. Now I need to know the tools
> required to start publishing the content. What tools do I need without
> having to learn a programming language or some complex tool? I want to
> be able to open up an editor and publish to my blogging site. What do I
> need?
>
> Thank you in advance for any help/advice.

Ask the guy you signed up with?

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On Thu, 17 May 2007 20:40:31 -0400, Neil Jones wrote:

> Hello everyone.
>
> I have a basic question. I am interested in setting up a blog server
> and have signed up with a Blog server ISP. Now I need to know the tools
> required to start publishing the content. What tools do I need without
> having to learn a programming language or some complex tool? I want to
> be able to open up an editor and publish to my blogging site. What do I
> need?
>
> Thank you in advance for any help/advice.
>
> Regards,
>
> NJ

A good tool for newbie bloggers is WordPress.

http://wordpress.org/

On Thu, 17 May 2007 20:40:31 -0400, Neil Jones
wrote:
> Hello everyone.
>
> I have a basic question. I am interested in setting up a blog server
> and have signed up with a Blog server ISP. Now I need to know the tools
> required to start publishing the content. What tools do I need without
> having to learn a programming language or some complex tool? I want to
> be able to open up an editor and publish to my blogging site. What do I
> need?
>
> Thank you in advance for any help/advice.
>
> Regards,
>
> NJ

I think you are asking for blog clients that you can use to post content
to a weblog, right? There are some:

Scribefire - runs as a firefox add-in and you can install it easily by
searching for it from within firefox's add-ins.

Drivel - I've used this one a few times on wordpress.com blogs but it
will not do multiple categories that I can see.

Bleezer - A really nice java based blog client that I use more and more
these days. You will need to get the java JRE installed on Linux first;
but the tools within Bleezer are very nice.

Gnome-blog - this one or something close to its name runs from the gnome
panel. Its pretty basic...

Jblogeditor - another java based blogging client which will run on
Linux. This one would benefit from an update as well.

blogtk - this one has not been updated in some time.

There may be more and others may use regular editors, etc. I'm a whimp
and like a blogging client that runs both within firefox and outside.

Speaking as a blogger of some years, there are not compelling tools yet
for blogging clients on Linux unfortunately. I weigh most things
against a windows client like Blogjet which has very nice sets of
featues. FWIW, Bleezer comes closest and may even win in some areas but
you need java. If its not a big deal, try out bleezer and see what you
think.

I'll leave it as an adventure in searching to find these


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