Need help finding free blog software to use

[G6Cad]

I have tried wordpress and found it way to complicated to use so now i want help in finding some other lightweight blog software thats free and work with PHP and SQL

It is for my 9 year old son that want to use his own blog for bionicles Xbox360 and school
So it has to be easy to work with.

I have googled some but it's a jungle and the info on most softwares and demosites are horrid.

So if anyone knows a blog software it would be great...

[Ken.]

Haven't tried these two, but they sound good... and easy.

https://www.blogger.com/start
Nice how to get started video for Blogger.

http://www.livejournal.com/

I know that WordPress is a little complicated, but 9 year old children are usually really good at picking up on this stuff and I'm betting that your son is no exception. The features and options available in WP far outweigh the 'learning curve'.

Have you tried the Windows Live Writer utility that can be used with WP? It is a desktop WYSIWYG editor that's really easy to work with and will publish articles/blogs directly into WP. I've used it for a couple of years now and it's now very rarely that I work directly in my WP pages, I use Live Writer for almost anything I do in WP.
...it also works with other blog software's, including the two mentioned above.
And, did I mention that it's easy to use... like, better than an email easy.

EDIT: Me gonna have to download the latest Live Writer!!! It now works with Twitter!!! 

[Ken.]

The Twitter plug-in for Live Writer works great. :up:
http://twitter.com/KenKimbrell

geesixxie, this might make it worth taking a second look at WP.

[G6Cad]

Thanks Ken, will look in to theese ASAP, so fine weather here now so i have been outside almost the entire day  :up:

[JPDeni]

I'll second the vote for blogger. It is very easy to use, but you can get a very nice blog out of it.

[G6Cad]

Looked in to the blogger, but it seems that they dont support other languages then English for some reason, or im to blind to find anything about other language files and how to add them in, im to spoild with SMF and TP i guess 

[JPDeni]

I didn't think about that. Hmmmmmm.

[ZarPrime]

Looked in to the blogger, but it seems that they dont support other languages then English for some reason, or im to blind to find anything about other language files and how to add them in, im to spoild with SMF and TP i guess 

Hi G6,

I'm not sure since I've never used Blogger but at the bottom of their main page (https://www.blogger.com/start) there is a language link that will take you here --> https://www.blogger.com/language.g

You can change your language on that page.

ZarPrime

[G6Cad]

HM, now when i look at them again, they are not scripts you download and install on your own server space ?  They are online *register* blogs, and thats not what i was looking for, i want a blog script i install to my own server and manage my self, as it's for Dennis, i want to have 100% control of what beeing showed at all times, these free blogs adds things for advert ( to stay alive im sure ) but you cant control any of that content from what i read there now.

What im looking for is a blog script i can download, install and manage just like i can with SMF and TP.

Been looking for some time now and it seems like it's just one option and thats the wordpress, but thats more complicated to work with then it's worth IMHO.

The Windows live writer seem to only be a tool to create things locally and then upload to live journal ?

Im sorry if i sound like a retard right now, but im lost in that blog world hahaha.
What im looking for ( or more Dennis want to have )

1- A blog script to place on our own server space
2- You must be able to have Swedish language option
3- Must be so you can add images
4- Must be so you can add small image slideshows from Windows Moviemaker.
5. Must be able to have it all closed down so only Dennis can create his content, but others to comment on them ( preferly with admin check before the actual comment show up )
6-Rather easy to change the template or add your own header as he have made one himself he want to use with bionicles in it.

So thank you for taking your time looking in to this and for helping me with this.

One thing i have thought of is to make a SMF forum with TP offcourse and then use that blog mod from SMF, but when i tried it the last time i more or less broke my entire test site    , but atleast i can manage to handle it and explain to him how it works. But a blog script allready made with these small functions i look for would be lighter and less work for me ( have a hard time doing things as is right now ).

[Dragooon]

Have you had a look at zCommunity? Its a mod for SMF.