Comments on: At least it’s the right platform

By: John Miedema

John Miedema — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:31:45 +0000

Then again, I could do an upgrade to WP 2.3.1 to the current features. Piece of cake. Thanks again, WordPress.

By: K.G. Schneider

K.G. Schneider — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:22:57 +0000

geeze, senility is upon me… using the same sentence at the beginning and end of a single paragraph!

By: K.G. Schneider

K.G. Schneider — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:16:20 +0000

People who know more than I about the inner workings advised me that the paragraph problems in WP 2.3.* are fixed by disabling the visual editor (not quite a WYSIWYG editor). I have tried that and it does fix the problem. It’s an annoying workaround (one I don’t actually use on a regular basis), and one that should be addressed, but not annoying enough to persuade me to go back to MT by a long shot.

Another question is what happens next. Does WP stay the preeminent program? It can be hard to remember, but in 2003, MT was the hot package (before it went fee-based) and WP itself was just evolving out of b2evolution, which is a ghastly product I’ve had the misfortune to have to deal with in several situations. It’s fairly obvious that WP is the “it platform” at present. A good question is what happens next.

By: John Miedema

John Miedema — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:52:45 +0000

Hi Walt, when I first start blogging I compared Blogger to WordPress. WordPress easily was the more feature-rich and usable tool. I am just in the process of moving my blog from my free WordPress site to a purchased host. One reason I picked the host because it offered a WordPress installation. I should have done a little more research because the WordPress version there is 2.0, lower than the much more advanced version available on the free site, e.g., just categories, no tags. However, the conversion has been fairly painless using the WordPress utilities, and I am still very pleased with it overall.