Here you can find a list of components you might considering if you start a Blog site with Joomla!
For Joomla! 2.5 the best professional Blog Component that makes you look good is EasyBlog, easy to use and filled with lots of great features. It will set you back around $ 70 for the Pro version and that is Money well spend! Read more about all the features your get from EasyBlog
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/
Update: MojoBlog is no longer active!
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
Commercial Components
Looking for a complete set of Blog Components with full support?
You should checkout MyBlog which is a complete Joomla blogging compontent and of course complete it with Jom Comment used by large traffice sites like Alledia.com and compassdesigns.net to help them with a large amount of Comments.
Both sites are well know websites in the Joomla landscape.
You see that Jom Comment can also be used as a “stand alone” comment system that can really fit all your Joomla site comment needs.
EasyBlog for Joomla is great for blogging and has Web 2.0 integration for Twitter, Facebook and Google Buzz. Well worth cheking if you want a stable and fast solution.
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.
