I found Drupal very light weight when used for a single-user blog. When properly configured, you will have fast loading blog. The default installation of Drupal is actually enough to handle your blog but to gain more control, we are going to tweak it a little so that Drupal will behave like a normal blog. This post will assume that you have a fresh installed Drupal site. If you want to know how to install Drupal, refer to my previous post, How to Install Drupal CMS to Your Server.

This discussion will cover the following: core modules to install, contributed modules to install, using the Taxonomy module, and harnessing the power of Views.

I already talked about the real cost of running a blog in one of my previous posts. I discuss why the real cost of running a blog is not about money but time, knowledge, effort, and heart. The monetary cost is actually the last in the row because the money involve in running a blog is very minimal. In this post I will present to you the breakdown of the amount you need to start your own blog.

You can read many articles about Drupal vs. WordPress when you try to Google it. They've been there for quiet a long time, but this "blah blah blah" is far from over because there are more and more people to eagerly try both CMS and write their experience about it. I am neither a developer nor a blogger. I develop website, yes, but it doesn't mean I'm a developer. I have my own personal blog, yes, but it doesn't mean I am a blogger. I played basketball, yes, but it doesn't mean I am a basketball player. Blogging is my hobby and web development is my passion, this post will try to compare my personal experiences among these two CMS.

In my previous post, I talked about the cost of running a small website. The cost calculated in that post is for small e-commerce site that accepts online payments and for website owners who don't have any technical knowledge in building a website. This post will focus about the cost of running a blog. Then you may ask, "What is a blog? Isn't that a blog is a website?". This post is not about blog and blogging, this is about the cost of running one, so here is a link to Wikipedia if you want to know what is a blog.