Web > Instant Comments

So you want your visitors to easily post a comment, but you don't want to struggle with technical coding and geeky stuff like that, right? Check out Philip Greenspun's Loquacious (for adding collaboration to static pages):

http://greenspun.com/com/home.html

Once you feel more comfortable about trying more technical approaches, check out the following "content management systems" ...

Greymatter
http://www.noahgrey.com/greysoft
- requires CGI; easy to install

Movabletype
http://www.movabletype.org
- requires CGI, plus the installation of other modules not found in your usual web host's system; takes longer to install

PMachine
http://www.pmachine.com
- requires mySQL and PHP; easy to install (assuming you're familiar with setting up an SQL database)

Of the three, I prefer Greymatter because it gets me up and running right away, plus the webpages produced are search engine-friendly because they look like the usual pages that search engine spiders like to index.

[ First posted on 02/12/2002 by Manuel Viloria ]