Joomla Blog Components

Here you can find a list of components you might considering if you start a Blog site with Joomla!

Basic must haves:

DS Syndicate from http://www.joomlafun.com
Download is at http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/dssyndicate/frs/

This components creates the best feeds to bring to your Blog visitors, it doesn’t strip any HTML and leaves everything (layout, images, fonts, etc) the way you wrote it.

One thing you should do if you start using this (and other Feed producing components) is to Run your Feed through Feedburner

MojoBlog from http://www.joomlify.com/
Download is at http://www.joomlify.com/component/option,com_versions/Itemid,48/

MojoBlog is a stable installation of WordPress integrated in Joomla! using several parts of the Joomla database.
Great additional Plugins and Modules can be found at http://www.zerolight.co.uk/web/component/option,com_remository/Itemid,132/func,select/id,4/

mxComment from http://www.visualclinic.fr/
Download can be found at http://www.visualclinic.fr/component/option,com_remository/Itemid,50/func,select/id,3/

Make sure to download all things related like SEF files, Plugins and modules you might need.
mxComments lets visitors comment on your Joomla Blog articles in a save way (spam reduction standard)

Joomla Tagbot from http://fijiwebdesign.com/component/option,com_docman/task,cat_view/gid,94/Itemid,76/
Download at http://fijiwebdesign.com/component/option,com_docman/task,cat_view/gid,94/Itemid,76/

This bot gives you the possibility to Tag your articles for Technorati and others

That’s it for now, more will follow…

Each of these components will get their own post, so you know why you should use them.