# Blogs - Mephisto, Typo and **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [April 4, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/blogs-mephisto-typo-and/133867 "2008-04-04T15:12:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Col\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@Col\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Col_W)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/blogs-mephisto-typo-and/133867/1 "2008-04-04T15:12:18Z")
what? I don’t want to start a “my blogging software is better than yours” thing here, but what are the alternatives to the big two? As far as I can see neithyer has been updated since 2006. Why? is it because they are fine as they are? They are great, but I’m surprised that no one hasn’t come up with something else just for the hell of it. ---
**Author:** ![Col\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@Col\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Col_W)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/blogs-mephisto-typo-and/133867/2 "2008-04-04T15:41:20Z")
I’m in the process of switching to radiant for my site. It has basic blogging functionality and most everything else you’ll need is available in extensions. ---
**Author:** ![Col\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@Col\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Col_W)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/blogs-mephisto-typo-and/133867/3 "2008-04-04T16:33:50Z")
Yeah that is rather neat. Lighter and fairly straight forward. On Apr 4, 2:40 pm, “randomutterings…” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![Col\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@Col\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Col_W)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/blogs-mephisto-typo-and/133867/4 "2008-04-04T17:18:25Z")
Hi! Typo v5.0.3 was released about 40 days ago. Why do you think it was last updated in 2006? Kind regards Nicolai ---
**Author:** ![Col\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@Col\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Col_W)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/blogs-mephisto-typo-and/133867/5 "2008-04-04T18:11:12Z")
> what? > > I don’t want to start a “my blogging software is better than yours” > thing here, but what are the alternatives to the big two? [http://simplelog.net/](http://simplelog.net/) Although it too doesn’t look like it’s been updated in awhile… ---
**Author:** ![Col\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@Col\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Col_W)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 9:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/blogs-mephisto-typo-and/133867/6 "2008-04-05T09:04:47Z")
I don’t actually know anymore. I’m sure when I was on the site I found the last download was 2006, but as you say, it’s still very much maintained. Apologies Typo people. ---
**Author:** ![Col\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@Col\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Col_W)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/blogs-mephisto-typo-and/133867/7 "2008-04-04T18:58:52Z")
On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 6:11 AM, Col W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > what? > > I don’t want to start a “my blogging software is better than yours” > thing here, but what are the alternatives to the big two? > > As far as I can see neithyer has been updated since 2006. Why? is it > because they are fine as they are? They are great, but I’m surprised > that no one hasn’t come up with something else just for the hell of > it. wordpress – Rick O. [http://lighthouseapp.com](http://lighthouseapp.com) [http://weblog.techno-weenie.net](http://weblog.techno-weenie.net) [http://mephistoblog.com](http://mephistoblog.com) ---
**Author:** ![Col\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@Col\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Col_W)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/blogs-mephisto-typo-and/133867/8 "2008-04-08T17:16:39Z")
On Fri, 4 Apr 2008, Rick O. wrote: > wordpress Wow, did you just use the P word? 🙂 – ---
**Author:** ![Col\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@Col\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Col_W)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 3:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/blogs-mephisto-typo-and/133867/9 "2008-04-12T03:38:19Z")
The interesting thing about blogs is they are sort of a gateway drug for dynamic sites. I think you will likely find a decent amount of projects that include blog functionality, but may have some other larger purpose/slant. Radient, as mentioned, is one example. I’m a developer on the Kete (Māori word for basket) project, found at [http://kete.net.nz/](http://kete.net.nz/) and itself an instance of Kete, and you can set up a basket homepage to present itself in a fairly blog like fashion. So you might widen your net to see if there is a larger application that will suit. Cheers, Walter