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Hi guys!

Sorry I’m new here. I heard a lot about expression engine that’s why I want to try it out. I’m wondering if I can post a blog on expression engine since I can’t seem to find the section for posting blogs that’s why I decided to go to this forum and ask.

Do I need to pay to be able to post a blog?

Please let me know.

Thanks,

ELDON

ExpressionEngine is a self-hosted Content Management System - you’d need to buy it, install it on a server and set it up to use it as a blog.

It’s not like blogger.com or wordpress.com, which are hosted blogging solutions - with them you register an account and you can start blogging straight away.

Is that what you were asking?

I was also wondering this…
Although, as much as this makes me sound like a frugel, paying to blog seems so annoying. Do you know what the rates would be to blog? And also are there any charges for images, to add 2 languages or add videos? Actually, is there a page that tells us all about that?
Thanks a million 😊

I hope I’m not insulting anyone’s intelligence, but I was asking similar questions not too long ago myself, and I found this quite helpful: http://www.thesitewizard.com/general/wordpress-vs-drupal-vs-expression-engine.shtml

It clarified any misconceptions I had about blogs, CMS, and the terms used to describe them and what they do.

Personally, I knew just a little html and css to start with, and I dived into expressionengine without having any experience with wordpress or blogger. Still, I was able to follow tutorials, get help from kind strangers on the forums, and generally get a ‘blog’ up and running fairly quickly, though with a lot of trial and error. If you’re able to understand the concept of a CMS and how to use the tags, and find it satisfying to have built something yourself; I suggest looking further into expressionengine. If I’m not wrong, it’s still possible to use the free core version of 1.x

If you’re really just looking for the most efficient way to blog, there are a lot of options out there besides the usual wordpress and blogger. It might be a more natural progression to go from one of those, and then move on to a real CMS once you feel limited by whatever you’re using.

I’m no expert myself, and I’m constantly learning things all across the board from the really obvious stuff to things involving more than just html and css. It’s slow-going but satisfying at the same time.

Hope that clarified some things.

Although, as much as this makes me sound like a frugel, paying to blog seems so annoying. Do you know what the rates would be to blog?

Not sure what you mean? ExpressionEngine is a commercial CMS; the only cost is the one-time licence fee. After that you just set it up anywhere you like and are free to use it to your heart’s content.