blog script suggestions for technophobe?

[luke preston]

I’m sure there are already posts about this so please feel free to steer me in the right direction but:

I want to start a regular news/update page on my non-adult site symidream, in fact I have started one which I update whenever I can – and I’m calling it a blog. I’m creating a page and then manually archiving it, adding images to the image folder and so on and it occurs to me there must be some software or script etc. that has a template and that will do a lot of the work for me?

Is there something that:
1) An idiot like me can install and add to Dreamweaver that’s easy to use
2) Acts as a template so all I have to do is put in the text and images
3) Is customisable so I can employ our own colours etc.
4) Makes creation and archiving easier

Any ideas, links etc. welcome!

Ta

LP

[Bec]

Sounds like Wordpress would do what you're wanting. If it's an established site, then just install it to a subfolder for handling the news part of your site.

[luke preston]

Thanks for that, I'm looking into it now and it does seem to be exactly what I need.
ta

LP

[Chilihost]

Luke, go with WordPress as Bec suggested. And if you are concerned about setting it up, it may be a good idea to hire someone like Bec to get the initial theme / plugins / ping lists / etc setup for you. It will save you LOADS of time and headaches and she will give you a system where all you have to do is write.

cheers,
Luke