Simpler blogging
Not that long ago, I wondered whether someone could come up with a simpler way of weblogging
I got an email from Shawn Holwegner about his Rollator PHP script, which lets you create a pretty decent weblog-style page with a simple “admin” link that lets you do everything - create new items, edit old ones, and so on.
Here’s what Shawn told me:
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I just happened to stumble upon your page where you’re pontificating upon the complexities of weblogging.
I must say, it’s refreshing to see that kind train of thought - I’ve run into the same issue, myself!
Finding no user-friendly alternative; I’ve opted to toss my own (poor) hat into the ring with ‘Rollator’, an oddly named little PHP script that is comfortable as a simple logger, yet may be extended quite simply with the addition of include files (Or rather, adding a filename to the config).
I don’t have the means to host logs for others, but I’ve tossed the code up as GPL - feel free to give it a run, it requires a pretty simple SQL table setup, and best of all, there’s basically nothing to do but enter text. The latest testing revision contains HTMLArea 3 support, so GUI text entry and HTML can even be hidden from all but the most savvy users. Pre-rolled entry types create single-page entries, or ‘normal’ news entries. A full contextual search function is available, with archive functions.
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Sounds pretty simple to me.