Why I switched (back) to Blogger
You may or may not have noticed that I switched this blog over to Blogger. First off, if all went well, all the old posts have been converted to static files, so no links have been broken. Also, the RSS feed has not changed location (it's now in Atom, but I don't think that should present a problem for anyone).
When making the switch, I took some time to evaluate the available options. I tried out Wordpress.com, Typepad and Blogger. I had two main requirements: all URLs must stay the same, and no dynamic processes on Blogdigger's web server. The former because this blog has been around a while, and I don't want to suddenly redirect readers off some place else; the latter because of resource constraints on our web server. Wordpress and Typepad both seemed to work fine from a publishing perspective (I like Typepad better, probably because I've been an MT user for a while). But neither allowed for me to do anything more than a redirect off site for the base package. Another nitpick was that the templates weren't fully customizable, so I couldn't add a Blogdigger search box.
Blogger has the unique ability to publish via FTP, so I could host static files on our server without affect any of our other processes. I could also edit the template to fit my liking. I haven't used Blogger regularly for a few years, and in the interim they've made leaps and bounds in terms of usability, including things like comments and AdSense integration. I was pretty much sold. The only downside: I really like using categories for my posts. I suppose I'll have to resort to tags, which will be an interesting experiment to see if I can keep up with using them.
So Blogger it is. If you're having trouble getting to the blog, or the feed is messed up, or anything, please let me know, and we'll take care of it.
Pebble, the previous blogging tool I used, is still really great. At this point, our servers need every available cycle (we've had a bit of a traffic increase lately), and I wanted to minimize our overhead. Simon Brown, the author of Pebble, has written a really great app that's 100% Java and built with flexibility in mind; if you're going to start blogging and Java is your bag, definetly check out Pebble. Thanks Simon!
When making the switch, I took some time to evaluate the available options. I tried out Wordpress.com, Typepad and Blogger. I had two main requirements: all URLs must stay the same, and no dynamic processes on Blogdigger's web server. The former because this blog has been around a while, and I don't want to suddenly redirect readers off some place else; the latter because of resource constraints on our web server. Wordpress and Typepad both seemed to work fine from a publishing perspective (I like Typepad better, probably because I've been an MT user for a while). But neither allowed for me to do anything more than a redirect off site for the base package. Another nitpick was that the templates weren't fully customizable, so I couldn't add a Blogdigger search box.
Blogger has the unique ability to publish via FTP, so I could host static files on our server without affect any of our other processes. I could also edit the template to fit my liking. I haven't used Blogger regularly for a few years, and in the interim they've made leaps and bounds in terms of usability, including things like comments and AdSense integration. I was pretty much sold. The only downside: I really like using categories for my posts. I suppose I'll have to resort to tags, which will be an interesting experiment to see if I can keep up with using them.
So Blogger it is. If you're having trouble getting to the blog, or the feed is messed up, or anything, please let me know, and we'll take care of it.
Pebble, the previous blogging tool I used, is still really great. At this point, our servers need every available cycle (we've had a bit of a traffic increase lately), and I wanted to minimize our overhead. Simon Brown, the author of Pebble, has written a really great app that's 100% Java and built with flexibility in mind; if you're going to start blogging and Java is your bag, definetly check out Pebble. Thanks Simon!
posted by Greg Gershman at 10:15 PM
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What happened to Podloco? I can't find them anymore?
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