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I am looking for a simple, inexpensive blog solution that I EASILY integrate with an existing web site and retain the look & feel of the existing site.

NO WORD PRESS. Too complicated, can't easily be integrated. I tried webify, doesn't work, can't get my money back.

Can someone recommend a SIMPLE easy to use blog? I am very familiar with php & MySQL, so I can manage integration easily if it's simple

Thanks.
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Do you mean like writing something somewhere and it showing somewhere else?
In that case phpbb would be okay.
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My suggestion - code it yourself.
After all a blog is basically just database calls and displaying that data.
You're familiar with php and mysql so you could probably put something together in a few hours.
I assume that you mean Word Press is too difficult integrate into your existing site. Because as a platform it doesn't get much simpler.

Can you tell us exactly what you're looking for in terms of features and how it went great with your existing site?
*integrate with your existing site. (Voice dictation on phones good, but not perfect)
...and phpBB is not a good solution for what you're looking for. It is a full-blown bulletin board / forums system.
"Write your own" did come to mind when I first read this post (GaryC123 is a mind reader), but when I got to thinking about the features required (protection against cross site scripting, SQL injection, reply function, search, tag clouds, etc...) I thought that the project quickly got bigger than anticipated.

Ergo... my question: what features do you need?

IHere are some pre-written classes for a blog system. It uses the phpCAKE framework, but you can still uses it for a reference to write your own. It includes most of the features I described:

http://www.phpclasses.org/package/5560-PHP-A-blog-system-implemented-with-CakePHP-framework.html

However, if it is a SIMPLE blog system ( you write a post, it shows up, no replies, nothing modern or fancy) writing your own will be the best way to go. You would just need CSS that would show the blog post the way you want it. TItle's go in one field, text goes in another.

You will have the HTML issue though. (Like embedding an image) but this could all easily be overcome by writing the blog post in an HTML editor, and then uploading the HTML via your blog web form to your site.

(See: http://www.coffeecup.com/free-editor/)

But... if you're going to end up having to use an HTML editor to write the pages, the simpler solution would be to write the whole blog in the editor as a single file (or one file per month).

So again, it boils down to what features you want / need.
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To all,

Thanks for these insightful replies.

What I need is the ability to post a topic, then replies to that topic; I guess I need replies to replies, etc.

That's basically all.

Does phpbb do that?

I guess I ought to look at it.

Thanks
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