You can include PHP or SSI scripting in your page templates, since the pages will reside on your site. I started using full external URLs for links to my own site. Visit this Blogger-generated page , which combines weblog stories with PHP scripting. The service is flexible and fast and has had one major upgrade since I started using it in November. Both times they responded very quickly to email complaints and got the service back on line.
Manila is the most difficult to review.
Manila is so much more ambitious. It keeps your stories and your graphics in its database and serves them up as dynamic pages. It allows you to create a discussion forum on every story you post. It signs up members for you and remembers them. Both Blogger and Manila anticipate that there may be several people updating the same site.