Comments on: WordPress Rocks http://www.thecrumb.com/2007/09/14/wordpress-rocks/ ColdFusion, Ant, jQuery and other geeky stuff with the occasional motorcycle post. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:43:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jim http://www.thecrumb.com/2007/09/14/wordpress-rocks/#comment-3474 Jim Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:35:25 +0000 http://www.thecrumb.com/2007/09/14/wordpress-rocks/#comment-3474 I have not messed with WordPress.com. On the PTA site - the only page that is a 'blog' is the homepage where I treat more as 'news'. The Board, Fundraising, About, etc. are all 'pages' on which I have comments disallowed. So there is just straight content and it acts like a static page. I have not messed with WordPress.com. On the PTA site - the only page that is a ‘blog’ is the homepage where I treat more as ‘news’.

The Board, Fundraising, About, etc. are all ‘pages’ on which I have comments disallowed. So there is just straight content and it acts like a static page.

]]> By: Richard Davies http://www.thecrumb.com/2007/09/14/wordpress-rocks/#comment-3473 Richard Davies Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:18:31 +0000 http://www.thecrumb.com/2007/09/14/wordpress-rocks/#comment-3473 Thanks for the info about the plugins. I've got some more questions about customizing WP... When experimenting with WordPress, what I did was just fiddle with various settings on my hosted account at WordPress.com to see how flexible it is. It seemed like there was no way to tell it not to treat a page as a "blog". You could turn off commenting on the pages, but then you were still left with a "comments have been disabled on this page" message. Maybe the standalone version is more flexible than the hosted version. What am I missing? How do you create pages and remove the standard "blog" functionality? Thanks for your help! Thanks for the info about the plugins. I’ve got some more questions about customizing WP…

When experimenting with WordPress, what I did was just fiddle with various settings on my hosted account at WordPress.com to see how flexible it is. It seemed like there was no way to tell it not to treat a page as a “blog”. You could turn off commenting on the pages, but then you were still left with a “comments have been disabled on this page” message.

Maybe the standalone version is more flexible than the hosted version. What am I missing? How do you create pages and remove the standard “blog” functionality? Thanks for your help!

]]> By: Jim http://www.thecrumb.com/2007/09/14/wordpress-rocks/#comment-3472 Jim Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:32:48 +0000 http://www.thecrumb.com/2007/09/14/wordpress-rocks/#comment-3472 Alright - I've updated the post with a list of plugins I used, some notes about thinking outside the box when considering how to use some plugins, and using a custom CSS file. Alright - I’ve updated the post with a list of plugins I used, some notes about thinking outside the box when considering how to use some plugins, and using a custom CSS file.

]]> By: Jim http://www.thecrumb.com/2007/09/14/wordpress-rocks/#comment-3471 Jim Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:01:25 +0000 http://www.thecrumb.com/2007/09/14/wordpress-rocks/#comment-3471 Anon - I'd like to try Drupal as well. I chose Joomla originally because I thought it was going to be the successor for Drupal but that's not really the case. And I was hoping for the new version to be released sooner. Hopefully they will address many of the issues in the next release. Richard - I'll try to update my post this afternoon with a list of plugins which I ended up using... Anon - I’d like to try Drupal as well. I chose Joomla originally because I thought it was going to be the successor for Drupal but that’s not really the case. And I was hoping for the new version to be released sooner. Hopefully they will address many of the issues in the next release.

Richard - I’ll try to update my post this afternoon with a list of plugins which I ended up using…

]]> By: Richard Davies http://www.thecrumb.com/2007/09/14/wordpress-rocks/#comment-3470 Richard Davies Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:43:38 +0000 http://www.thecrumb.com/2007/09/14/wordpress-rocks/#comment-3470 The new web site looks great! I've been trying to decide on a CMS for an upcoming project and took a look at WordPress, but I wasn't sure how well it would function for a "non-blog" website. In all my testing, I wasn't able to see how to create a web site that didn't look like a glorified blog. Would you like to share any tips, plugins, techniques, etc? I've love to see how you did it. Thanks! The new web site looks great! I’ve been trying to decide on a CMS for an upcoming project and took a look at WordPress, but I wasn’t sure how well it would function for a “non-blog” website. In all my testing, I wasn’t able to see how to create a web site that didn’t look like a glorified blog.

Would you like to share any tips, plugins, techniques, etc? I’ve love to see how you did it. Thanks!

]]> By: anon http://www.thecrumb.com/2007/09/14/wordpress-rocks/#comment-3466 anon Sun, 16 Sep 2007 03:55:18 +0000 http://www.thecrumb.com/2007/09/14/wordpress-rocks/#comment-3466 Joomla is horrible. The admin is clunky, the code is inconsistent and... it's just horrible. On top of joomla itself, all the plugins are written completely different from one another. Heaven help you if you have to modify something or add some features. It's really bad. Consider yourself lucky you got off it before you got too deep into it. I hear good things about Drupal. Joomla is horrible. The admin is clunky, the code is inconsistent and… it’s just horrible. On top of joomla itself, all the plugins are written completely different from one another. Heaven help you if you have to modify something or add some features.

It’s really bad. Consider yourself lucky you got off it before you got too deep into it.

I hear good things about Drupal.

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