I finally succumbed to wordpress after my scripts got hacked and my posts were displayed from old to new rather than new to old. Rather than spending hours figuring out how to undo the action, I took an hour to upgrade my blog to wordpress.
Not a five-minute install, mind you. Because the b2 script I used was from 2003, it had been outdated for years and the import scripts no longer worked. Not to mention the number of mysql commands I had to execute to get my comments working right.
But here I am, back in the modern age again! Yes, there is a real working rss feed. Yes, I can now do trackbacks and all those modern blog things that go around now.
Even though I heard a great talk by Matt, one of the founders of WordPress, a few weeks ago, I still don’t like the interface. b2 fit my needs. WordPress is now a bloated, fat cousin with too many features. I only need to write, search my posts, and manage my comments. But with time, maybe I’ll be a true convert.
But look! I used a title for my post!
Is it bad that I didn’t understand a single thing you said in this post?
That’s what happens when you use xanga and don’t host your own blog. ;)
so are you gonna teach me or what? by the way, is wordpress the same as wordpad?
Extremely bloated, I agree. I use a simple wiki for my blogging needs. What would be really cool would be a conversation type blog software in the style of gmail. I have no problem with people who just want to post their thoughts online. But there are those of us who wish to converse and preserve. In other words a cross between a forum and blog where the blogger has no importance whatsoever but it is the topic of conversation that holds importance. This would be completely useful for philosophy discussions. What happens currently is one person posts something. Another blogger replies to the post through his own blog. So to follow the discussion, you basically have to do alittle of blog jumping, which is annoying on my part because I don’t like blogrolls especially long ones.
Well I hope you’re well. What am I saying?! Of course you’re well. No more school for you.