(Word) Pressing the site!

Posted on August 19, 2004 by Sandip Bhattacharya

Over the years I have tried various software to manage the content on my personal home page. From hand edited HTML, to a bunch of my own PHP scripts, to some *nuke software, and finally to Drupal.

So why did I finally shift over to WordPress?

The answer is simple – if all you would really be doing on your site is blog … get a blogging software.

The blog module of Drupal is good, but:

  1. You dont need all that comes along with it – stories, books, modules, block, etc.
  2. It doesnt have all the latest blog “features” like trackback and pingback.
  3. Common logic – with a smaller feature-set, it is easier for software to remain stable. No longer feature-bloat.
  4. No longer updating the site software every 2 months, and more doing what you actually want – blog.

On top of that, WordPress is a highly featured packed piece of software – with multi-levelled user management, support for plugins, etc. The UI is also templateable (even though I still have to go around to customizing it here).

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  • http://www.stonegauge.com/ John F

    but jsut for the record — what other features come with wordpress? I mean, doe sit have a spellcheck option?

    I am using MT 2.64 still and unless I have to get one of those licenses, I think I will keep on using it — unless something out htere is really above and beyond it.

  • http://www.stonegauge.com John F

    but jsut for the record — what other features come with wordpress? I mean, doe sit have a spellcheck option?

    I am using MT 2.64 still and unless I have to get one of those licenses, I think I will keep on using it — unless something out htere is really above and beyond it.

  • http://www.sandipb.net/ Sandip Bhattacharya

    Take a look at the WordPress wiki at http://wiki.wordpress.org. I am sure the spell check plugin (http://wiki.wordpress.org/SpellCheck) would be one of the most sought after here.

  • http://www.sandipb.net Sandip Bhattacharya

    Take a look at the WordPress wiki at http://wiki.wordpress.org. I am sure the spell check plugin (http://wiki.wordpress.org/SpellCheck) would be one of the most sought after here.

  • http://www.acko.net/ Steven Wittens

    Drupal does have trackback: just because the default install does not have something doesn’t mean that there isn’t a module for it:

    http://www.drupal.org/project/trackback

    You might also want to take a look at Drupal4Bloggers, though many of its features have been integrated back into the upcoming 4.5 release, and in a much cleaner fashion.

  • http://www.acko.net/ Steven Wittens

    Drupal does have trackback: just because the default install does not have something doesn’t mean that there isn’t a module for it:

    http://www.drupal.org/project/trackback

    You might also want to take a look at Drupal4Bloggers, though many of its features have been integrated back into the upcoming 4.5 release, and in a much cleaner fashion.