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Weebly is solving this problem -- you just may not have noticed. We have rich blogging features that are on par or better than most blog systems: create posts,

Weebly is solving this problem -- you just may not have noticed. We have rich blogging features that are on par or better than most blog systems: create posts, edit your side bar, set catgories, human-readable (and adjustable) URLs, commenting, comment moderation (open/moderate/closed), close commenting after x days, post in the past, set time zones, post drafts, private drafts, etc. Even better, a blog doesn't have to be the focus of your site -- it can be just a page. You can create other pages to put things like pictures, videos, photo galleries, slide shows, maps -- by just dragging and dropping them on. You can even create custom forms and surveys by dragging on the form elements (name, address, phone number, drop downs, etc) While you can't upload PHP, you do have full customizability over your theme CSS and HTML. To top it off, your site is hosted free of charge on our robust infrastructure that's machine and geographically redundant. We serve sites that hit the front page of Digg or the NYT every day and don't even see a blip in our traffic graphs :)

tomjen3 16y ago
That sounds awesome, but I have too questions about your service that the homepage did not answer (atleast I could not find it straight away): Is there an export option? I would have to be locked into using your guys just to see your company fail (and you don't seem to have a way to do revenue, esp. when you won't put ads on the blogs)? Is there a way for me to host blog._somedomain_ with you, I would rather not make my blog the focus of the domain...
- drusenko 16y ago
  Absolutely. Yes to both. First, our company won't be going under any time soon -- while 95% of the features are free, there are an extra 5% available to power users as part of our "pro" package for ~$4/month. We also sell domains. We're strongly profitable, so you don't have to worry about us going under :) But should you choose, you can export your site as a .zip file and host it somewhere else. Also, you can choose from either a .weebly.com subdomain or point either your domain.com or blog.domain.com to us -- in either case, we'll still host your site free of charge.
joshu 16y ago
I wish there were a non-saving demo account or something.

tomjen3 16y ago

That sounds awesome, but I have too questions about your service that the homepage did not answer (atleast I could not find it straight away): Is there an export option? I would have to be locked into using your guys just to see your company fail (and you don't seem to have a way to do revenue, esp. when you won't put ads on the blogs)? Is there a way for me to host blog._somedomain_ with you, I would rather not make my blog the focus of the domain...

drusenko 16y ago
Absolutely. Yes to both. First, our company won't be going under any time soon -- while 95% of the features are free, there are an extra 5% available to power users as part of our "pro" package for ~$4/month. We also sell domains. We're strongly profitable, so you don't have to worry about us going under :) But should you choose, you can export your site as a .zip file and host it somewhere else. Also, you can choose from either a .weebly.com subdomain or point either your domain.com or blog.domain.com to us -- in either case, we'll still host your site free of charge.

joshu 16y ago

I wish there were a non-saving demo account or something.