MyStarterBlog: An Alternative to WordPress?
Guys – this is a neat new tool to create websites really easily, from a cool guy Steve McGrath over at McGrath Info Solutions.
MyStarterBlog is an easy way to create a blog without all the overhead of WordPress – no database required!
An Example of a MyStarterBlog Site: Pink is NOT Compuslory!
MyStarterBlog is a cool little program which allows you to upload a complete website – including content (which you have to provide of course) in one file. There is no database involved. There are a couple of advantages to this.
- It takes very little bandwidth or other resources from your host – it will run a lot faster than the equivalent site running WordPress or blogger.
- Although there is a comment facility (via email) – and most visitors will think the site is a blog (check out the example MyStarterBlog site here), its not a blog in the sense of spammers looking for a place to put their viagra ads in your comments!
- Runs out of the box with some themes pre-packaged but you can buy more themes or adapt whats available if you are prepared to hack some php.
- You don’t have to update your blog/theme/ widgets every time you login just to make a 5 minute post!
- You are less likely to get hacked because hackers target WordPress’s known security flaws – meaning that you have to keep upgrading (see 4. above!)
- If you ever need to move host – you just reload the site – one file – DONE! If you have ever tried moving a WordPress blog between sites you will understand that this approximately a a zillion steps less!
- You only have one small file to upload – around 300k, rather than the 4MB or so that most WordPress installs involve.
Will It Cost Me? Yes and No
There is a free version which has the following restrictions:
- Only supports one blog
- Links on pages are no-followed
Download it had have a play -a the end of the day – if you hate – you have spent – nothing!
If you upgrade to the registered version – currently $17 now $7 – can’t beat that price!, then you have:
- Unlimited blog support
- Ablity to import posts from text files
- Ability to import from existing WordPress blogs (using the XML export format)
If you like product then write a post about it on your blog within 15 days of your first purchase. Email Steve with your details and he will refund $10 to your PayPal or AlertPay account. You don’t need to do the review anymore the software will cost you $7 – that’s not free – but its bloody close to!
And that includes free upgrades for life to!
Bottom Line: Do I Recommend MyStarterBlog
Yes I do if you have specialist blogs that you don’t update so often I think its ideal – because frankly for most blogs WordPress is waaaay over the top.
It would also be idea for a beginner blogger – you don’t have to learn about widgets/themes/upgrades etc etc
I recommend it to because you can try it before you buy – and I like that in software.
What You Will Need to Use MyStarterBlog
You will need hosting, a domain name, an ftp program (to upload your files). See my recommendations for these and other software here on my Software I Use page
Disclaimer
I’m going to get my $10 for this post – but you don’t have to write a postive post to get that $10 – Steve just wants to get the buzz going on a new product, so rather than an affiliate program which bumps the price of the software up he has come up with this innovative approach. This is a limited time offer – so give it a go and if you want to get MyStarterBlog for $7 rather than $17 – do it now rather than later!
I tried to find something not to like about this product – but honestly I can’t. I am not a developer myself but I’ve worked with programmers for many years in my real world job and I know how much work goes into creating a cool little tool like this! For the price, even $17 - its a steal.
It may not work for your business so try the free version and see if you have a use before paying.
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Hi Lis -
Thanks for this post, I’ve been wanting a low bandwidth alternative to WPress for some time and this looks to fill the bill nicely. It will be perfect for those ‘quicky’ little niche blogs we use to seed with Adsense. I can load lots of these on my server with no increase in MySql overhead. Magic!
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You got – make sure you do the review to get your $10 back!
Thanks for the post. The $10 was sent.
Btw, I also converted(paid) The Contest Winner. It was using WP but I had deactivated the comments from the start. I did a contest on it a few months back so I activated the comments just for that post.
“It may not work for your business so try the free version and see if you have a use before paying.”
That’s why I offer the free version instead. It’s not time limited so people can use it forever minus the extra of the paid version.
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Hi Steve – I really think giving people the opportunity to evaluate software before they buy – the software can be great but if it doesnt fit with a person’s business model it might not be worth it for them.