10 Points to check before choosing Blogging software/Platform
Each blogging software has its unique feature. Apart from that some points should be considered before choosing the blogging software.
- Check whether the blogging software permit you to manage & administer the blog like allowing to install locally, portable core, user management, gzip enabled, dynamic page generation etc.
- Does the blogging platform support to add enhancement features like adding forums & directories to your blog?
- Does platform allow to customize your blog ie customizing the design, plug-in, themes, template & file editor?
- Check for the ease of installation & upgrading capacity
- Check how the software support to publicize your blog like feeds, cruft-free permalinks, inter blog communication like ping back & track back.
- Look for features like password protection, post slug, post schedule, multi paged post, file/picture uploading, categories, emoticons, save drafts, previewing posts, blog by email, bookmarklets are available in creating content
- Look for features like community building, allow html tags, moderation, notification are available in discussion & comments
- Look for features like blogroll, categorizing, importing, exporting, displaying order are available in creating & managing blogroll
- Look for features like yearly, monthly, weekly, daily, category-wise or author-wise archives & built in search tool available in Archives & search
- Check for theme & plug-in compatibility
See this blogging software comparison chart before choosing blogging platform. This chart will help you to select the best one which suits your requirement easily.
