Firedrop2 has had a new release and a complete docs overhaul. The release is a minor update, but the new tutorial will take you from downloading and installing, through setting up your blog to making entries.
http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/firedrop2/ What's New ? ========== The new release contains a fix so that wxfiredrop.py can be run outside the installed directory. * Introduction & Download * Getting Started * Configuring Firedrop2 * Basic Templating * Making Entries For news and inforamtion, use the `Firedrop2 Mailing List <http://groups.google.com/group/firedrop2/>`_ What is Firedrop2 ? ============== Firedrop2 is a cross-platform blogging tool written in Python. It keeps your blog source files on your computer, making it a clientside tool. This means you control your blog, and can easily move it from one server to another, with no risk of losing data. It also means you can manage your blog offline. It is fully open source, and has all the features you expect from a modern blogging program : * RSS feed generation * Categories * Automatic archive generation * A powerful set of plugins, including spell checker and emailer * Entries can be made in text, HTML, ReST, textile or sextile markup * HTML templating system and macros for all sorts of tricks * Built in FTP capability for uploading your blog to a server * Because it's written in Python, it is easy to extend Firedrop or create new plugins for it -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list Support the Python Software Foundation: http://www.python.org/psf/donations.html