Choosing which blogging platform to use is one of the most important decisions that you can make as a blogger. The right platform can make blogging a breeze, and the wrong platform can make blogging a chore. Because the program that you use to blog with is such a powerful part of your blogging experience, it is well worth putting in the time to find a platform that provides your ideal balance between a user-friendly interface and a flexible framework that allows you to make your blog look and feel unique. Finding the right platform isn’t always easy, but with a little bit of contemplation and a little bit of research, you will be on your way to finding the perfect blogging platform . Deciding what your priorities are in terms of ease of use versus customization. Most highly customizable blogging platforms , like moveable type, are a bit more difficult to use than very automated platforms like wordpress. If you are new to blogs and to internet technology, you might want to sacrifice the ability to create a custom background design or to integrate a unique font into your template in order to find a program that will be easy for you to use. On the other hand, if you are a veteran web designer with knowledge of html or javascript, you will probably find the limitations of a user-friendly platform to be frustrating. There is no such thing as a blogging platform that is objectively the best platform, because every blogger has unique needs.

The blogging movement is very much about individuality, so it makes plenty of sense that there would be many different platforms available that are designed to meet the needs of different kinds of individuals undertaking different kinds of projects. This diversity is a good thing, because it means that you will almost certainly be able to find a program that suits your level of technical aptitude. However, the fact that no two bloggers need the same thing from a blogging platform can make your search for the right platform a bit tricky. When you are reading reviews of different platforms, try to keep your priorities in mind and do your best to take into account the position that the reviewer is coming from. For example, a negative review written by an accomplished software designer who complains that a popular platform is too limited may tell you that the platform in question is ideal for a beginning blogger. There is no such thing as the perfect platform for everybody, so instead of looking for the “best” platform, look for the best platform for your specific criteria.

What is your favorite Blogging Platform?

WordPress (http://wordpress.org/)

Blogger (http://www.blogger.com)

TextPattern (http://www.textpattern.com/)

Moveable Type (http://www.movabletype.org/)

Serendipity (http://www.s9y.org/)

LifeType (http://lifetype.net/)

Flatpress (http://www.flatpress.org/home/)

Wheatblog (http://wheatblog.sourceforge.net/)

sBlog (http://sblog.se/wiki/Main_Page)

Eggblog (http://eggblog.net/)

Eggblog (http://eggblog.net/)

List of blogs – Wikipedia. (This is a list of notable blogs)

You can use these plugins on your site, you can use other plugins, but most importantly in the use of plug-ins – not overdo it. If you use too many plug-ins, the site will be slow work. Continuing to be a big load on the server, and can even be such that your site is often down. So it makes sense to turn off unused plugins. And your WordPress site will work quickly as the wind.
So, here is my list of plugins:

- wordpress-video-plugin – Required
- adsense-manager – Required
- akismet – Required
- all-in-one-seo-pack – Required
- blogit – Required
- comment-approved-notifier – Required
- google-sitemap-generator – Required
- msn-notifier – Required
- pagebar – Required
- publish-to-facebook – Required
- seo-image – Required
- seo-slugs – Required
- simple-tags – Required
- sociable – Required
- statpress – Required
- vipers-video-quicktags – Required
- women-quotes – Required
- wp-db-backup.2.2.1 – Required
- wp-greet-box – Required
- wp-super-cache – Required
- wp-to-twitter – Required
- myspacecrossposter_v2_0a.php – Required
- wp2bloggercom.php – Required
- customizable-comment-listings.php – Required
- FeedBurner_FeedSmith_Plugin.php – Required

AdSense Manager AdSense Manager has now been superseded by Advertising Manager and is a recommended upgrade if you are on WP2.5 or later. Please visit the WordPress Extend site to download ASAP!
Version 3.3.3 | By Martin Fitzpatrick

Akismet Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. You need a WordPress.com API key to use it. You can review the spam it catches under “Comments.” See also: WP Stats plugin.
Version 2.2.6 | By Matt Mullenweg

All in One SEO Pack Out-of-the-box SEO for your WordPress blog. Options configuration panel  Amazon Wishlist
Version 1.6.4.1 | By Michael Torbert

 
Blog This Post Give your readers the ability to easily blog about your blog posts.
Version 1.0 | By Badi Jones

Comment Approved Notifier Send an e-mail to your commenters when you approve their comments.
Version 2.2 | By Yakup Gövler

Customizable Comment Listings Display Recent Comments, Pingbacks, and/or Trackbacks, as well as other comment listings using the comment and/or post information of your choosing in an easily customizable manner. You can narrow comment searches by specifying post IDs, comment types, and/or comment status, among other things.
Version 0.9 | By Scott Reilly

FeedBurner FeedSmith Originally authored by Steve Smith, this plugin detects all ways to access your original WordPress feeds and redirects them to your FeedBurner feed so you can track every possible subscriber.
Version 2.3.1 | By FeedBurner

Google XML Sitemaps This plugin will generate a sitemaps.org compatible sitemap of your WordPress blog which is supported by Ask.com, Google, MSN Search and YAHOO. Configuration Page
Version 3.1.6 | By Arne Brachhold

MSN Notifier A plugin that send a notification to your MSN space after you publish your post.
Version 2.2 | By tension

MySpace Crossposter A plugin that enables automatic crossposting from WordPress to MySpace.
Version 2.0a | By Roderick Russell

 
Publish To Facebook Publishes posts, pages or both to your Facebook Mini-Feed directly from WordPress.
Version 1.0 | By David Goldstein

SEO Friendly Images Automatically adds alt and title attributes to all your images. Improves traffic from search results and makes them W3C/xHTML valid as well.
Version 2.4.4 | By Vladimir Prelovac

SEO Slugs Removes common words like ‘a’, ‘the’, ‘in’ from post slugs to improve SEO.
Version 1.0 | By Andrei Mikrukov

Simple Tags Simple Tags : Extended Tagging for WordPress 2.3, 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7 ! Autocompletion, Suggested Tags, Tag Cloud Widgets, Related Posts, Mass edit tags !
Version 1.6.6 | By Amaury BALMER

Sociable Automatically add links on your posts, pages and RSS feed to your favorite social bookmarking sites.
Settings | Version 3.4.4 | By Joost de Valk

StatPress Real time stats for your blog
Version 1.3.2 | By Daniele Lippi

Viper’s Video Quicktags Easily embed videos from various video websites such as YouTube, DailyMotion, and Vimeo into your posts.
Settings | Version 6.1.1 | By Viper007Bond

 
WordPress Database Backup On-demand backup of your WordPress database. Navigate to Tools → Backup to get started.
Version 2.2.2 | By Austin Matzko

WordPress to blogger.com (blogspot.com) cross poster Publication of new articles on your mirror to blogger.com (blogspot.com)
Version 3.0 | By Vladimir Jusko

WordPress Video Plugin A filter for WordPress that displays videos from myvideo.de, youtube, google video, Brightcove, Aniboom, 123video.nl, MyspaceTV, Yahoo! Video, Veoh, Wandeo, Glumbert, Gametrailers, Gamevideos, LiveLeak, sevenload.de, clipfish.de, break.com, Metacafe, dailymotion.com, Vimeo, videotube, blip.tv, revver, IFILM, Tu.tv, grouper, Cellfish.com, Sumo.tv, Last.fm, Vsocial, teachertube, SlideShare, Jumpcut, MSN, GoalVideoz, Guba, wat.tv, Smotri.Com..and many more. Modified by Oliver Wunder
Version 0.68 | By Oliver Wunder

WP-EMail Allows people to recommand/send your WordPress blog’s post/page to a friend.
Version 2.11 | By Lester ‘GaMerZ’ Chan

WP Greet Box Show a different message to your visitor depending on which site they are coming from. For example, you can ask Digg visitors to Digg your post, Google visitors to subscribe to your RSS feed, and more! Best of all, this plugin is compatible with various WordPress cache plugins.
Version 5.3.2 | By Thaya Kareeson

WP to Twitter Updates Twitter when you create a new blog post or add to your blogroll using Cli.gs. With a Cli.gs API key, creates a clig in your Cli.gs account with the name of your post as the title.

http://at14x7.yelp.com
http://www.lastfm.com/user/at14x7
http://14×7.livejournal.com/
https://twitter.com/14×7
http://www.flickr.com/people/14×7/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14×7/
http://sites.google.com/site/14x7dream/
http://14×7.wordpress.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/Mr98days
http://14×7.blogspot.com/
http://www.myspace.com/at14x7
http://www.bibsonomy.org/user/at14x7
http://www.getboo.com/userb.php?uname=at14x7
http://www.mixx.com/users/fourteenxseven
http://www.folkd.com/user/at14x7
http://faves.com/users/at14x7
http://www.oneview.com/at14x7

On these sites (pages), I will duplicate some information published on this blog (14×7.com), and will post something new. If you are registered on any of these services, I propose to add me as a friend (and if you have not already).