My Starter Blog

My Starter Blog is a great alternative to WordPress if you need a stripped down version. It is a very lean program and comes without all the clutter of Widgets, Plugins, etc.

• Update

The original version required you to write your own HTML to style the posts, but the latest release has a built in text editor with style buttons. The Themes are also upgraded. More: V1.6.0 is out!

• Low Bandwidth

My Starter Blog has no MySql database or other bandwidth and disk storage load, just a few ‘flat’ files that need only one or two hundred kb of space.

• Simple CMS

This is a Content Management System [CMS] that is really simple to use, and doesn’t need megabytes of program files to run.

• Ping Google and Pingomatic

The really great thing about it for me is that it has the ‘Ping’ function included so that your new ‘niche’ blog will be instantly found by the search engines.  A conventional website can take months to get into the SERPS, but this blog ‘lookalike’ takes care of that and puts you on a level footing with Wordpress – there is even provision for SEO!

• Try Before you Buy

There is a free single shot version you can download [MyStarterBlog ] to try it out, and if you like it you can buy it.  The price is only $7.

• Key Benefits [From steve's Blog]

• More secure since there is no backend that can be hacked
• Learn to use FTP software, HTML(posts/pages)
• Interact directly with your readers
• Use the 8 included themes that you can modify to your taste or get new ones
• Search engine friendly out of the box so that your readers can find your blog quickly
• Auto-generate the RSS feed and sitemap.xml
• Create unlimited blogs (paid version)
• Import text files in a batch to start your blog faster (paid version)
• Import your WordPress blog(XML) (paid version)
• Free Basic version(1 blog)
• Low cost paid version available with free upgrades for life
• No spyware or adware