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November 5, 2007
Yes, I have chosen WordPress for my blog site.
This is a temporary decision. I'm still choosing between WordPress and Drupal. I have been collecting information on the various most popular Content Management System (CMS) like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal, XOOPS, WordPress and a few more.
Why I chose WordPress?
WordPress may have more limitation than a fully tweaked Drupal site, but for timing reason I have to use it.
The best thing about WordPress that is better than Drupal is that simply work out of the box. I just needed to download a few nice themes and few useful plug-ins and here it goes, running like a pro.
The next best thing about WordPress is that, not because it have so many plug-ins and themes, but the themes are extremely nicer and those expand are easier to find. I especially like the easy-to-view theme snapshots.
I will discuss more about the different CMS choices in another time.
Why not wait for a more stable solution
Basically, I have spent too long as I can recall. It's been about 2 months since I started looking into the first CMS, which was php-Nuke (the thing that tell me what a CMS is like).
Since then, I have been writing my blogs off line in OneNote and keep the files on my computers. I always are waiting to publish those near to a thousand pages I have written. Those written pages are ranging from my life issues to making money and a lot of ideas on self development. I kept on writing while learning the things that I haven't studied at university.
The call to start
The final moment when I started "Oh well! Let's do it instead of day-dreaming about it. Make it live an change it later". I made the decision because I read the Writing Tips on WordPress 's Writing Posts guide. The article suggest that people should 'worry about blog design later':
Blog design matters, but only to an extent. Don’t give up on blogging just because the design isn’t coming up as you’ll like it it to be. Sooner or later, you’ll get around the design problems with ease. But continue writing. Content is what attracts your readers, not just the look of your blog.
(Source http://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_Posts)
But still, I'm seriously considering the Drupal as the final solution. I have seen many high-profile Durpal Powered Sites and I really like it. A few things that don't satisfy me are:
- URL alias management,
- Multiple subdomains / domains duplicated content issue,
- URL redirect to alias,
- Lack of nice themes and theme snapshots.
Since it's a long topic, I will create a post discussing about Drupal later on.
Do you like WordPress? Should I keep it permanently or should I change?
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