Roundhouse

Roundhouse is a social blogging tool designed to import blog entries from various sources into a user's blog stream, combining their own blog entries with those of their friends. It caters to individual bloggers, small businesses, non-profit organizations, creative professionals, and educational institutions. Roundhouse offers the flexibility to be installed as a single blog or as a service to host multiple separate blogs.

Key Features

Flexible Installation: Roundhouse can be installed for a single user or as a service to host multiple separate blogs, accommodating various use cases.

OpenID Support: Roundhouse supports OpenID, allowing users to utilize their existing OpenID account for login credentials.

Content Aggregation: Users can import RSS feed items directly into their blog, facilitating easy aggregation and sharing of content from other sources.

Diverse Content Inclusion: Roundhouse enables the import of Digg items and YouTube movies into blog posts, expanding the range of content that can be included in the blog stream.

Enhanced Visual Appeal: Users can upload multiple pictures to enhance the visual appeal of their blog posts.

Organized Blog Archive: Roundhouse includes a built-in blog archive feature, providing users with the ability to organize and access their past blog entries.

Tagcloud Generation: Roundhouse automatically generates a tag cloud based on the tags used in blog posts, visually representing the most popular topics.

RSS Feed Integration: Users can enable an RSS feed for their blog, allowing others to subscribe and receive updates whenever new content is published.

Highlights Listing: Roundhouse offers a highlights listing feature, showcasing selected blog entries that users want to feature prominently.

Social Sharing: Users can easily share their blog entries to popular social bookmarking and content sharing platforms such as del.icio.us, Digg, StumbleUpon, and Technorati, expanding their reach.