Originally Posted by Salathe Would your friend (or is she just an acquaintance?) be happy enough to use something like wordpress.com or some other remotely hosted service: no installation, super-simple to use, someone else maintains everything, etc..

Not really. Actually she is running a small business and want to use the blog to promote her business, so she wants her blog looking professional, hosted on her own domain.

@ Cableguy: Thanks so much, that's a good idea to consider. Actually I would do anything for her: setting up the blog, picking the theme, and uploading the blog to the server. Well, that's not a difficult task still takes some time.