Anyone proficient in blogging and if so, what blogging software/scripts do you prefer?

It seems some get hacked easily, is that due to the software/script or due to the hosting or what?

Is there particular hosting companies that focus on bloggers and if so, what are they?
(no affiliate links)

Once software gets to a certain size, nobody understands all of it. Therefore, all well known programs are broken, though the adage is more normally stated as "all non-trivial software is broken".

The advantage of Wordpress, Drupal etc, over closed formats is the former will tell you something is broken, and the latter will fix it silently without ever telling you at all, giving you no notice that you might have been compromised, leaving your vulnerable for years after something has been fixed.

Most problems are in addons, because they have less peer review. Installing addons is bad even if the code is good, because every line of code you ever add increases your attack vector. Think of it like firing a crossbow at a target, and every line of code is an extra ring around the bullseye. That's not to say don't use addons, just don't install random crap that sounds sort of interesting - just install stuff you need.

As a recommendation? None. I don't like any blogging software. I went through every different project I could find, and they were all crap, so I wrote my own instead. I won't even recommend mine because that's broken too - it's just broken in ways I understand (and also requires the installation of an entire framework that you can't install without a VPS).

I am using Wordpress since years and i love it. So many things to learn from it.

This days every site can be hacked easilyanyway; look at Myspace, Tumblr, LinkedIn ect so why not. Most of the time blogs get hacked because outdated version/pluggin, nulled theme/ pluggin, weak password, open doors by some methods to everyone ect


i really enjoy blogging

Well then why does one want a blog?

Why wouldn't a website do, just add html pages as needed and a
comment script if one wants comments.

Is it a mater of convenience that one chooses blog over website?

valerie wrote: Anyone proficient in blogging and if so, what blogging software/scripts do you prefer?

It seems some get hacked easily, is that due to the software/script or due to the hosting or what?

Is there particular hosting companies that focus on bloggers and if so, what are they?
(no affiliate links)

I've never Blogged...No help here ..Sorry

valerie wrote: Well then why does one want a blog?

Comments.

If you've got comments, you've got repeat traffic. Repeat traffic is where the money is. Writing your own comment system safely is hard. There are lots of gotchas when it comes to sanitising input.