Well there are more people ther einstalling wordpress than using there are using wordpress.com, so I don;t reckon that has a lot to do with it. The thing that makes a lot of these apps so popular is their simplicity to install and use. CF does already have some apps like this, MangoBlog, MuraCMS to mention 2 that I know of.
You also need to remember though that apps people write in CF are less likely to get shared due to the associated price tag of CF which people like to make money form their work, maybe Railo and BlueDragon will change that, we will see. To give you some hope though, I am working on some CF apps for the Microsoft Web Platform Installer (http://www.microsoft.com/web/downloads/platform.aspx), which is also used by WebSitePanel (www.websitepanel.net) to power the Application Gallery. The Web Platform Installer allows users to easily install software on their web serveror websites with a few clicks, I also suspect that the Railo installer will make its way in here at some point, if not by me then by someone else. On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Steven Durette <st...@durette.org> wrote: > > I was looking at it more from the point of WordPress was php's > *flagship* (for lack of a better word) site and code base that made it > really popular (or so I'm told). > > I was wondering if we have anyone out there working on it or something > else like it to make ColdFusion/Railo more popular to the masses. > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: Russ Michaels [mailto:r...@michaels.me.uk] > Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 11:47 AM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: Wordpress.com equivalent > > if you mean written in CF then no I am not aware of any, but then MangoBlog > is so easy to deploy do you really need that, it only takes minutes to > deploy really? Any old CF host should do the job. After all if you are a > total non coding noob, then you wouldn't be looking for CF blog software or > even know what it is, there are more than enough solutions out there for > people like that. > And besides wordpress.com is totally closed, you cannot get at the code > and > customise it, you have a small selection of plugins to choose form and that > is it. If you want more then you have to install and run your own copy of > wordpress anyway. > > It also depends what you want out of your blog. > > If you code in CFML only and want the ability to customise and write > plugins, then MangoBlog or BlogCFC are your best choices. > If you don't want to get your hands dirty and just want an out of box blog > with more plugins than you can wave a stick at,or you know PHP as well > then > it is hard to suggest anytying other than Wordpress for its shear wealth of > plugins. Although there are many other good options if you have specific > feature requireemnt > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:343274 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
