I've tried a few different blogging packages, and overall I like WordPress. I've set up six or seven wordpress installations now, and all have been very easy. It's especially easy if you use a hosting company that has a "one click install" (typically by using the "fantastico" package) I'm mostly recoomending
DreamHost at the moment, for example.
Even if your hosting company doesn't offer a one-click install, as long as you have reasonably recent versions of PHP and MySQL, and FTP access to the server,
you should be fine. Installation is pretty straightforward (the following is for example only, check the exact details in the documentation):
set up a MySQL database, noting the db machine name, userid and password.unzip the WordPress downloadedit the config file to add in your database parameters and web site detailsupload all the filesgo to install.php with your browser and follow instructionsdelete the installation subdirectory from your server so nobody else can run it. Once you are happy with your new installation, I also recommend a few plugins: Spam Karma 2 is great at recognizing and dealing with Spam. I also use wp-StatTraq to track my visitors, referrers and stuff in an easily digested way. There are loads more plugins for all sorts of things, including plenty of easier ways to format entries than messing with HTML.
However, my experience has been primarly in one-blog-at-a-time installations. I've not used the
Multi-User version of WordPress, even though it seems fairly popular.
[ February 06, 2006: Message edited by: Frank Carver ]