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- fwertz, on 06/30/2009, -0/+8Must click pretty logos.
- jemka, on 06/30/2009, -0/+7"ever" is a long time.
- MScrip, on 06/30/2009, -2/+8I looked around at all the different platforms when I was choosing a CMS. I always ended up back at Wordpress.
And when I finally got ready to jump in... Wordpress released version 2.7... which was a vast improvement over the older versions. Plus, there are so many tutorials out there. I started with this: http://css-tricks.com/video-screencasts/25-designi ...
I already know HTML, CSS, etc... and I can build a website from scratch. Using that knowledge, I can also make a custom Wordpress site that looks and acts like a regular website. Website front-end... Wordpress back end. Wordpress isn't only for blogs anymore.
There are so many Wordpress tips, tricks and articles on the web. You can Google "wordpress _______" and pretty much find whatever you are looking for.
I'm sure Joomla and Drupal have active communities too... but Wordpress is still a winner.
I found this guy's design portfolio... he designs mostly Wordpress sites... and I quickly discovered what you can do with Wordpress. http://mattbrett.com/design/
I guess I'm the exact opposite of what this article is supposed to tell you. I'm very impressed with Wordpress... and not looking for anything else. - webdevray, on 06/29/2009, -1/+7I am a big fan of WordPress too. But I am glad to see other high quality blogging platform available now. :)
- peterjmag, on 06/30/2009, -1/+6This article brought to you by... WordPress.
- droplister, on 06/30/2009, -1/+4Options other than Wordpress: N/A
Would also like to point out this article is on a Wordpress powered blog. - inactive, on 06/30/2009, -0/+3"Now with more Black Guy!"
- ArthurSucks, on 06/30/2009, -0/+3When I first started writing in a weblog about 5 years ago I tried WordPress and had gotten frustrated. I gave up and switched to Google Blogger. I have just switched back to WordPress after seeing the vast improvements they've made. The speed that these open source apps advance at is mind boggling.
- Yarkz, on 06/30/2009, -1/+4I prefer flatpress. It requires no databases, so it's very easy on servers. It uses BBCode which I love, and best of all fairly easy to make themes for, only downside is default theme sucks.
http://www.flatpress.org/home/
O also I prefer it's admin panel over every other one I have tried.
Definitely check it out. :)
(Although it's last release may have been this January :( ) - lydic, on 06/30/2009, -0/+2Glad to see a list like this.
The major thing to take away is that there is competition in CMS/Blogging systems. Typically, each system has it's own special feature that makes it useful in the right circumstances. More importantly, it encourages the developers of Wordpress to keep producing new features, or to catch up on awesome features another platform might have. It keeps the cycle going. - yocouchdigga, on 06/30/2009, -0/+2for grate justice.
- breakerjump, on 06/30/2009, -0/+2Here's to Noah Grey's GreyMatter. Had a hand in starting it all, circa 2000.
- Natnie, on 06/30/2009, -0/+2I might consider an alternative, actually. I found that latest version of Wordpress to be painfully slow. It's great for features but when it takes me at least 45 seconds to load the "write post" page, I've almost given up wanting to blog at all. It's partly my server's fault, but it had no such trouble with previous versions.
- realnowhereman, on 07/01/2009, -0/+1also, you can check SVN pre-pre-pre-early packages out if you're in the mood
- Chewie67, on 07/01/2009, -0/+1I agree. I use DNN for all my CMS web sites these days. I've yet to find a good Blog engine for it though.
I'd like to find a good Blog system I could integrate into standard HTML or .NET web sites though. - misreto, on 06/30/2009, -1/+2I am a huge wordpress fan. I have tried tons of CMS scripts out there way before I even heard of wordpress. I installed it played around with it and it didn't feel right. Then more and more people started talking about wordpress and I tried that out and I love it. I was suprised that my favorite blog sites that I go to actually say powered by wordpress on the bottom.
- misreto, on 06/30/2009, -1/+2I have the latest version of wordpress and it loads up in a snap. I have maybe 20 plugins installed as well. Definitely try looking at other servers.
- bizworkout, on 07/05/2009, -0/+1The software is free but you will need to buy domain and hosting if you want it on a domain name of your choice
- Chewie67, on 06/30/2009, -0/+1I realize that everyone thinks LAMP when they think Open Source, but the two are not synonymous.
I would have liked to see some .NET solutions included in the list.
Go ahead, bury away... - volcompimp, on 06/30/2009, -0/+1I wrote my own CMS a while back but recently I've started trying to embrace wordpress. I think the main problem w/ many of these platforms is the lack of instruction when it comes to creating clean themes from scratch. After reading through several pages of docs I think I've finally gotten a better understanding of what
I need to do to make a custom theme w/ out all the ***** I don't need but they don't exactly do a good
job of pointing you in the right direction, nor do any of the tutorials I've read. Looked at a few other
CMS's such as drupal but I never liked what I saw when looking at template engines and what not. - realnowhereman, on 07/01/2009, -0/+1hey, bear with me, I have a life :p (but thank you)
...and don't forget to have a look at the blog and the forums! - volcompimp, on 06/30/2009, -0/+1I've been noticing that for years when it comes to open-source linux app developments.
Was at a party recently & was getting the same reaction from a friend from
high school who's just starting to take a deeper interest into certain open-source
apps and what not as he's diving into some basic programming at his college
and becoming more technically inclined all of a sudden. - IamNomad, on 06/30/2009, -1/+1i think you are matt brett. but will digg you up for the clever plug.
- soepael, on 07/24/2009, -0/+0I am relatively new to website development and have only recently started reading about CMS particularly relevant to designing multilingual websites. I was wondering if you could share with me your insight on what you think is the best multilingual friendly CMS and cite relevant website examples. Thanks for your time.
- Cmain, on 06/30/2009, -1/+1Where is Chyrp?
http://chyrp.net/ - Blashy, on 06/30/2009, -1/+1Every podcast I listen too they have all moved over to Squarspace.com and they were wordpress users.
- Bytes_U, on 06/30/2009, -1/+1They moved to Squarespace because they are paid sponsors.
- MScrip, on 06/30/2009, -1/+1Haha... no, I'm not Matt Brett. I'm also not Chris Coyier from css-tricks.com... which I also linked above. Those guys are pretty amazing... I've learned a lot from them.
I don't even have my portfolio online. All I have on my website is my contact information:
http://www.michaelscrip.com/
Sorry if I mislead you... I'm just a guy who appreciates the tutorials from other people in the web design world. - vwochnik, on 07/08/2009, -0/+0Awesome. I personally like Drupal, but I'll try the others asap.
- sampath3, on 06/30/2009, -2/+1word press is number one i think but this is one of grate substitute for blogging software.
- onthedrums, on 06/30/2009, -1/+0DotNetNuke is a great open source CMS. I've been using it for years. I tried the whole WordPress thing back when i was researching which system to choose. Sounds like from what i'm reading that they've come a long way, will have to go back and check them out again.
- ajaxifier100, on 06/29/2009, -7/+3There may be new CMS's or blogging software created, but nothing will ever surpass Worpress's ease of use, popularity, and already huge fanbase.
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