Choosing the right blogging software

Here is a nice guide on how to choose the right blogging software. It's an article I found at articlecity.info and has many good tips. It says that there's Free Open Source Software, Developer Hosted Software and Proprietary Licensed Software. They all serve well the same role, to simplify the task of making and maintaining weblogs. Every category offers free versions and purchased. There are also hosted versions and versions that a blogger uploads to their own hosting provider. All blogger software, whether developer hosted or self hosted, allows the same most common functions of writing, editing, and publishing of posts to the blog.

Selecting the right blogging software will depend upon how much the user would like to manage their content, how tech savvy they're, and how they prefer to manage the functionality, style, look and customization of their blog.

Developer hosted blog software is better for the blogger that needs simplicity and turnkey use. This type of blogger software is best for beginners but is less flexible and customizable than the software you download and install on your own domain and hosting provider. These are usually the easiest and least expensive for the casual blogger that prefers to keep their blog simple.

For the tech savvy blogger who needs more control over the functionality, design, content and customised features from their blog, installing blog software on their own hosting provider with their own domain is the best way to go. The installation of blogging software on your own hosting server isn't all that hard. Even so, besides installation of the software and the ability to update the software as new versions are published, the user must create a database, such as MySQL, to manage the data created by the blog. Additionally, if a blogger prefer to customise the feel and functionality of their blog, a knowledge of CSS, PHP, HTML, installation of files on the hosting server, and advanced knowledge of computer administration is best.

Self-hosted blog software can be customized in many different ways. Rewriting, editing or installing PHP, Scripts, HTML and CSS are a few ways to customize a blog. A simpler way of customizing blogs is by downloading and installing pre-made themes, scripts, widgets and plugins.

There is an abundance of different blog themes you are able to download free of charge online. Basically, a theme is the template for the blog software that defines the colors, columns and content to be included. Some are enhanced with coding that allows the blogger to insert Google Adsense ads and other money making affiliate programs. There are some very good free themes available on the internet and or you can also pay to have an original theme designed for your specific needs. Although a pre-made theme is free and readily available, a good custom made blog will leave a lasting impression on your blog visitors, and be designed specifically for your business or niche.

There are also dozens of plugins and widgets that can be added to the blogger software. Plugins and widgets are aptly named because they connect to your blog software and provide enhanced functionality. They are used for design elements, gadgets, videos and images, and different content for the blog. Some popular plugins are ones that reduce spam in the blog comments, categorize and tag blog posts, generate site maps, contact forms, and different money making plugins such as Google Adsense ads and other affiliate programs for your blog.

Choosing the right blogging software is a matter of personal quality, ease of use, function and price. Regardless which blogging software you choose you will find that blogging is fun and can be profitable as well!

Mozilla Media Player

Have you seen the new Media Player by Mozilla? It's called Songbird and it's a non-proprietary, cross platform, extensible tool that will help enable new ways to playback, manage, and discover music.



This new open source music player is under development but already has many great features and addons.

Paris Hilton Doing Mini Me

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Paris Hilton Going to Rwanda

Paris Hilton is on a mission to change her image, heading to Rwanda on a trip she hopes will allow her to leave a mark on the world -- and possibly create another reality TV show.

The 26-year-old a hotel heiress said in June that she was a changed person and vowed to shed her party-girl image after leaving jail where she served three weeks for violating probation in a drunken-driving case.

"Before, my life was about having fun, going to parties -- it was a fantasy," Hilton told Newsweek magazine, opting to speak to the news-focused journal rather than a celebrity magazine. "But when I had time to reflect, I felt empty inside. I want to leave a mark on the world."

She has acknowledged she has long enjoyed the Hollywood party scene but she said she spent her time in jail reading the Bible and praying to God for strength, deciding to give new meaning to her life by pursuing charity work.

During her trip to Rwanda, Hilton will be visiting schools and health-care clinics and staying in accommodations a long shot from the Hilton Hotels owned by her family.

"I'm scared, yeah. I've heard it's really dangerous," she told Newsweek (www.newsweek.com) in an issue on newsstands from October 15. "I've never been on a trip like this before."

Paris Hilton In Prison

Paris Hilton will have a very unglamorous new address if prosecutors get their way: the Los Angeles County jail. The city attorney's office filed documents in Superior Court recommending the hotel heiress and TV star be jailed for 45 days for violating terms of her probation for an alcohol-related reckless driving conviction.

Prosecutors also want Hilton to stay away from alcohol for 90 days and wear a monitoring device that will chart whether she complies. And they are seeking to have her license suspended for an additional four months.
The recommendation will be reviewed by a judge when Hilton appears for a probation violation hearing on Friday. The judge can accept it or impose a different penalty. The maximum penalty is 90 days in jail.
City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo said Hilton is being treated the same as anyone else.
"Anyone who would have conducted themselves in a way that resulted in this set of facts, we would have made the same recommendation of 45 days in county jail, regardless of whether they were a celebrity or not," he said Thursday.

Delgadillo said he is requesting Hilton serve her time in the county jail, but where she is incarcerated is up to the judge. He said Hilton could request to be housed in a jail of her choice but if the judge grants that she would be required to pay the costs of her incarceration.

Hilton, 26, pleaded no contest in January to reckless driving stemming from a Sept. 7 arrest in Hollywood. Police said she appeared intoxicated and failed a field sobriety test. She had a blood-alcohol level of .08 percent, the level at which an adult driver is in violation of the law.
Hilton said she had only a single margarita at a charity event that evening but may have been "speeding a little bit" while on her way to get a hamburger.

A no-contest plea is not an admission of guilt but is equivalent to a guilty plea for determining sentencing. She was sentenced to 36 months probation, alcohol education and $1,500 in fines.
Two other traffic stops are what landed Hilton back in court.
On Jan. 15 she was pulled over by California Highway Patrol. Officers informed Hilton she was driving on a suspended license and she signed a document acknowledging she was not to drive, according to court papers.

She then was stopped by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies on Feb. 27 and charged with violating her probation. Police said she was pulled over at about 11 p.m. after authorities saw the car speeding with its headlights off.
Hilton's spokesman, Elliot Mintz, said at the time she wasn't aware her license was suspended. A call Thursday to Mintz was not immediately returned.

Prosecutors say by signing the document after the first incident Hilton knew she was not to drive. They also note that as of April 17 she had yet to enroll in the required alcohol education program.

Online Dating

A new online dating site has been launched.The name: JustSayHi.com.It's totally different from other sites because it's 100% free and no credit card is ever required.It covers all states of the US and you can find thousands of fun, attractive, men and women in your area.The design is clean and simple.I think it's a good try because they are not a lot of free dating sites out there.Take a look and try them both if you like.It was time to see a free dating site like JustSayHi. A lot of companies claim to offer free online dating services but we all know that that it's not true.Now you can enjoy the same features as any paid dating site for free!

Paris Is Ready For Her Close Up

By this point, I'm sure you're used to Paris Hilton The Serious Female Actor and are patiently awaiting the premiere of her first Serious (with a capital S, natch) movie, nay, film, The Hottie and The Nottie. This epic will surely bring our blonde celebutant into the highest echelons of acting and she will soon be sitting alongside the Streeps and Hepburns of the world at award shows for years to come. Which is why, of course, it's so shocking to hear that she may be (but maybe not!) acting like a bratty brat on the set. Here's more:

Paris Hilton, supposedly has been late arriving on the set of "The Hottie and the Nottie," and had trouble learning her lines. "Everyone is really fed up with her right now," said our tipster.

But producer Hadeel Reda told Page Six: "Paris has never been more than 15 minutes late. Everything is memorized. She's been very professional."

Hilton has been studying with Ivana Chubbuck, one of the top acting coaches in Hollywood, Reda said. "I think people are going to be shocked at how good she is."

Especially considering people are probably expecting her to spend the entire film dancing like an idiot, pulling down her top and spewing racial slurs. Nowhere to go but up. By the way, Ivana Chubbuck may be the best name for an acting coach ever.