I've noticed that quite a few programmers host their own blog.
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- Why would someone want to host their own blog?
It seems like hosting your own blog would be an unnecessary headache. Am I missing something?
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It's probably a "because I can" sort of thing. Hosting one's own web site or running one's own mailserver oftentimes, but not always, falls into this category. | |||
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Nobody cares what I have to say. The only fun I'm going to get from my blog is developing it, and I can't do that unless I host it myself. | |||
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Because then I'm in control of my blog. Free-hosted blogs mostly have a very limited range of options, while self hosted ones have all the options available to them. | |||
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No advertising (or the advertising I want(!)) The exact URL I want (though this might make the blog harder to find) | |||||
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It's just not that much of a headache if you do it for a living. The real headache is when you want to do something, and the software won't let you, and you can't touch the code to make the tiny stupid fiddling change that will make the whole thing work the way you WANT it to work. | |||
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It really depends on your requirements. If you are someone who will blog at absolute random like me (one - one month, nothing for about six months, then 3 or 4 another month!), a service like wordpress.com or blogger.com is perfect... Why would I want to worry about patching, hosting, and everything else? ...However, if I wanted to completely customise it, maybe add (complicated) adverts or membership, premium features or anything slightly complicated, hosting it yourself is the simple solution. Or - They do like the services out there, but simply reached the limit of the free account and think it will be cheaper to do it themselves. Lastly, there are just some people who want to self host simply because they can. I personally sit in the middle... I have a blog hosted at blogger but have my own custom domain point to it! | |||
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No advertising, custom CSS all you want, all the Javascript you want, no error messages on use of certain HTML tags and/or attributes, you can test your code a lot more, etc... | |||
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Some blog hosts get flagged by web filtering software. (Especially blogspot.) Hosting your own differentiates you from every other somethingcatchy.blogspot.com site. If by hosting your own, you mean running a webserver in your basement, well I don't get that. But if you're installing your own blog on a good webhost, they often give easy access to easy installation tools such as Fantastico, and setting up a blog with your own domain name is childs play. I've had a great experience with Webhostingbuzz. | |||
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When wordpress was transformed from b2 cafe, for me it was a way to learn other technology. Setting up a linux server, compiling Apache, PHP, and MySQL on my own terms and understanding how they are compiled. The list goes on really ... | |||
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Because someguy.wordpress.com looks really unprofessional, and a lot of blog hosts will charge you extra to use your own domain. If you're paying anyway, why not host it yourself, and get some real control? Programmers like the control to tinker with their blog through plugins and themes, and wordpress.com provides a very limited set of options compared to an actual installation. (I'm guessing Typepad vs Movable Type is much the same) | |||
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Have you ever read the licensing terms on the hosted blogs out there? I hosted my own for the longest time, but ran out of time to devote to the server side work. Then, a friend hosted it for me until he also ran out of free time. I looked around and none of the hosting companies terms were acceptable... | |||
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