Loudblog is a content management system for publishing media files on the web. It does not claim to handle all your blogging needs, but in fact specializes in media files of many different flavors. In this podcast I walk through the wonderfully easy install (web-based) and some possible uses for this software. It is fully open-source and I really liked it.
It claims to integrate with WordPress, but I have not tried that as of yet. I am currently using podpress to handle my podcasting needs, and have found it to be robust, but I will investigate this further just for kicks.
You can see my little Loudblog install here. I must say this, I posted a need for help to the forum and received a response within minutes (13 minutes to be exact). I cannot say how impressed I am with this software, I just wish I had more of a need for it.
I am almost tempted to create a need for it, just to be able to use it.
One of the cooler features is that it can capture an audio file via HTTP only, meaning that if I had a file hosted on another server, it would copy the file without any further effort on my part. Nice!
Next in the batter’s box, Sakai. I am a HUGE fan of Moodle but I want to learn as much as possible for my own personal knowledge so I figured I ought to give Sakai a try. We’ll see how that works out.
Any other open-source software you think should be in my dugout ready for the batter’s box?
atw says:
I use Loudblog myself–it is a terrific application.
21st November 2006 at 9:58 pm
Evan says:
Chris, I am listening to your podcast right now and I am really enjoying it. I am really getting into open source software and have several programs in my “batters box” as well.
Keep the podcast coming. Looking forward to the next one!
21st November 2006 at 2:38 pm