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Thingamablog – Publish Blogs from Desktop

Do you like to blog or want to start blogging, but do not want to use an existing blogging platform like WordPress or Blogger to blog on? Would you prefer to develop a custom blog that you completely control? It could be very difficult to write your own blogging platform, won’t it?

ss1 Thingamablog   Publish Blogs from Desktop

Thingamablog Main Interface

Thingamablog is a Free and Open Source Software being developed in Java on Source Forge.Net, which can be used to set up your own blogs. As a software, Thingamablog allows you to set up your own blogs. It even has support for multiple blogs. Instead of being an interface for remotely publishing posts on your blog (like Windows Live Writer), It is a software that will physically manage your blog by managing all scripts and codes. It is like a wordpress-alternative that you can host on your domain, while you configure everything offline and sync it with the remote server.

Thingamablog - Writing Posts through the Template System

Thingamablog - Writing Posts through the Template System

Thingamablog boasts of the following features:

  • Set up a multiple blogs
  • Effortlessly manage thousands of entries
  • Dynamically update blog content
  • Write entries offline, Publish your blog with a single click, Publish remotely to your blog via email
  • Read news with an integrated feed reader
  • Make posts from your favorite feeds
  • Create a unique layout with customizable templates
  • Import entries from RSS/Atom feeds
  • Set up flexible archiving options
  • Organize your entries by category or date
  • Save entries as drafts
  • Define your own custom template tags
  • Syndicate your blog via an RSS or Atom feed
  • Ping services like weblogs.com, BlogRolling, and Blo.gs

For more details, check out the Thingamablog project page on sourceforge.net

Scorecard

Feature Set5/7
Ease of Use3/7
Portability6/7
Value for Money6/7

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