Suggestions for blog software that uses that lowest resources?

[Bill]

So, I want to take a look at ways of doing blogs that put the lowest amount of strain on a server. I was wondering if anyone had experimented with the other blog scripts and found them to be a lot less demanding than wordpress.

Or perhaps ways of configuring wordpress that accomplish the same goal.

So I thought I'd ask here - anybody found blogging scripts that are significantly leaner than wordpress?

[walrus]

While I haven't done any real testing... it seems to me blogging platforms that output html pages would be the ones adding the least amount of drain on system resources.

Thingamablog (http://www.thingamablog.com/) is a popular desktop platform that does that.

Moveable Type (http://www.movabletype.org/) would be another one

I've played around with both and if simple, fast and basic is what your looking for then I'd go with Thingamablog

[mark6188]

I use wordpress. One day my host shut my site down due to strain on their server. I'm on a shared virtual hosting account at hostgator.

Basically I think something attacked my site, like some sort of robo automatic thing that tried to post a thousand comments.

They suggested I install a plugin called wp-supercache. Haven't had a problem since.

Hope that helps.

[ed_banger]

Don't run Apache and MySQL on the same physical server, and you won't have issues with wordpress at all.

Find a good webhost that uses H-Sphere for its control panel, and has a dedicated mysql server, and a dedicated mail server, and dedicated web server.

[walrus]

Also, tickler posted an htaccess mod for permalinks (http://www.greenguysboard.com/board/showthread.php?t=55957) that not only should speed up WP, it should also reduce the load on the server

[Flip]

I'm no techno head but BabloggerV4 might be OK...

Maybe the walrus can fill me in on the real truth lol...

It has seemed pretty stable for me..:)

[walrus]

I'm no techno head but BabloggerV4 might be OK...

Maybe the walrus can fill me in on the real truth lol...

It has seemed pretty stable for me..:)

Actually, I forgot about babeblogger. I agree it's a pretty good script and pretty light.

[Bill]

I'm not finding any download links for that one - any suggestions for good places to look?

I found something on a filesharer site but thats not ideal.

[Bill]

never mind - 13scripts was down but is now back up.

$65 - dunno...

[HouseEros]

Personally, I like Habari (http://habariproject.org/en/) which has a built in caching functionality so you don't have to futz around with plugins. Not quite as powerful or quantity of plugins as WordPress tho.