A lot of people ask me why I have a Domino blog (even though its been heavily “Mac” than anything else lately) that DOESN’T use the Notes blog template. To that I simply say: “hosting, its expensive.”
But even if I could find a low-cost Domino host, the time I’ve spent being forced to live without one has really taught me the value of stepping outside the Domino world to use other tools. I was anxious to attend a session at Lotusphere last year on integrating Domino with PHP and mySQL applications … and then surprised to find out that the brunt of the discussion was essentially: 1) Go find an ISP with “Fantastico” (a program most ISPs have that allow you to easily instantiate PHP based applications. 2) Go nuts creating them.
There are a TON of great PHP applications out there that are free and ridiculously powerful. This blog is one of the most common ones, WordPress. And beyond the fact that WordPress is very easy to use and setup, it also allows you to easily access, create or customize “themes” that give your site the look and feel you want. (Sure, the Domino blog can do that too with some stylesheet action … but there are many, many more people working on WordPress themes to help get you started).
Which brings me back to a Mac.
What would be the perfect blend of WordPress and Mac? The old-school Mac theme for WordPress, of course:
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