This is an example of Word Press, installed to function as a blog / with a plug-in that give it some of the functions of a content management system.

Word Press is only one of a large range of available systems, but whereas Moveable Type charges for multiple user installations, Word Press is open source and free to down-load. The developers request a donation, but trust that if you are using for any significant benefit, you will recognize that their efforts make it possible for free.

It arrives with three alternative “themes”, but multiple skins and plug-ins available, making it very versatile. There are some limitations. As of yet, it doesn’t seem to ship with an automatic “excerpt” function, the type of code that pulls in a few words from recent posts. There are some separate plug-in downloads available that say they do the job, but I’ve also read some bug reports that seem to indicate it might be better to use the built in copy and paste for excerpts.