Better blog module than DNN's blog module

Does anyone know of a much better blog module than the one that comes wit开发者_StackOverflow社区h DNN. We have found it VERY frustrating using the standard DNN module and need something that's going to be easier for our clients to use.

I can also recommend the "News Articles" module from http://www.ventrian.com

It can not only handle news items but can be configured as a blog.

The level of customisation that is possible and community support available is fantastic and the module also has built in support for RSS import/export, bit.ly and gravatar.

I don't want this to sound like a sales pitch, but considering you can pick up all of Ventrian's modules for just $25 it is a real bargain!

I have used the same module to power the following pages - as you can see they all have different looks, but this is just through the creation of different templates:

• beta.neovoca.com/Ourblog.aspx - Module used as a blog

• beta.neovoca.com/Home.aspx -Blog posts pulled through to homepage

• beta.vomero.co.uk/Home.aspx - Homepage news slider showing latest articles

• beta.vomero.co.uk/News.aspx - Full list of news articles

• beta.vomero.co.uk/News/tabid/176/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/79/Red-Arrows-head-for-Torquay.aspx - Article view mode, with several attached pictures

• beta.vomero.co.uk/Guestcomments.aspx - Each guest comment is treated as an article and displayed in a jQuery accordion

• beta.vomero.co.uk/Accommodation/Vomero.aspx - Comments are also tagged - allowing them to appear on other pages across the site

We have used SunBlog with our customers. Our requirements stressed customizability more than out-of-the-box simplicity, though.

Hi check out digArticle from dignuke.com. It's loaded with features and is very easy for end users. Especially when it comes to media management.

I have had good success with BlogEngine.NET you can read about it and get it from http://blogengine.codeplex.com/

Efficion's Articles module is great for blogging.

You might also want to look at SpeedBlog : http://dnnspeedblog.com/ it has some good features including spam protection which most others do not, as well as many other features such as templates, tags and threaded comments. I think it's based on the standard DNN blog base so importing existing posts is meant to be easy.