Good Tuesday Morning :)

[cd34]

WordPress makes it to #1 on the hate list today. Small WPMU installation that is just going absolutely crazy.

Back to the grind.... weather's looking a little stormy outside today, so, more coding for me.

Have a good Tuesday everyone.

[SheepGuy]

Sorry to hear that Sue. It's been my experience in the past that losing a job has generally turned out to be a positive thing, though it never seems that way when it happens.

[ponygirl]

good afternoon everyone

ok, these kids are driving me CRAZY!! well, more crazy, anyway lol. I have to keep them busy during the day and work at night, which actually works out well because I get my best work done at 3am, just have to have a nap after dinner and I'm ready to go!

Sue, sorry to hear about that I do agree with Sheepy, though - seems like every time our lives here get just about to rock bottom, something comes through. You've got great karma so here's hoping things improve for you guys

have a great rest of the day everyone!

[Useless]

Originally Posted by cd34

WordPress makes it to #1 on the hate list today.

Probably due to your anti-WP post the other day, I searched around for other blog programs. I found a really small one which is ideal for me since I don't need/want all those widgety plug-a-ma-doodles. It had a simple tagging system built-in and an RSS feed, but no other real blogging tools. It didn't have a text editor, just a plain old textarea for posts, so I slapped on a readily available editor/image uploader (fckeditor) which has made posting very easy. I also hacked the script and added a .htaccess file to create SEF URLs.

The template is comprised of a single HTML page and one CSS file, so it's a breeze to modify. The admin is so simple and straight-forward, it's a breath of fresh air. It's not cluttered or confusing at all. Sure, you can't do most of the things that WP can do, but you can edit post dates, create drafts and delete comments (they are off by default when you create a new post anyway). I think there are only 6 or 7 tables in the database. This thing is skinny, though you'd never know from the front end - which loads so quickly and smoothly since it has to perform around 18,000,000,000 fewer queries than WP. Of course, being the ass that I am, I decided to take advantage of that by over-loading it with images.

I like this thing so much that I may actually make another attempt at blogging.

[cd34]

Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

Probably due to your anti-WP post the other day, I searched around for other blog programs. I found a really small one which is ideal for me since I don't need/want all those widgety plug-a-ma-doodles.

I started a wordpress blog specifically to see how it worked and test it on a new hosting platform and I must say, I am amazed at a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff that wordpress does. Wordpress SEO is pretty good, but, I can't get around the performance factor behind it. Not that my personal life is going to generate massive traffic, but, it sure prevents me from using it for other projects that do require the ability to handle traffic.

I'm still not decided against writing my own platform after I get my next project done.