Strapples
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Age: 33
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21 Jun 2009, 10:43 pm
riverotter wrote:
gbollard wrote:
Strapples wrote:
i like my wordpress thank you very much! Blogger/BlogSpot does not have the intense flexibility that WP has NOR is it OPEN SOURCE.
Straps, I fully accept that open source is great and should be supported...
but what is this "intense flexibility" you speak of.
For the six months when I was using Wordpress, (about a year ago) I felt hemmed in. There are lots of features missing and the only way to add them seemed to be to write your own code. I wanted to write blog posts, not maintain the app.
At the same time, blogger just kept coming out with new features. I'm a big fan of those google apps (which anyone can write and share if they feel inclined to). Everything in blogger is plug and play.
I figure that good blogs are mainly about content, rather than style. RiverOtter's looks good.
Agreed with the open source love! People can and do create new Blogger apps all the time though.
Thanks for the compliment, GBollard!
You can write your own code on Wordpress- it is CSS, different than the HTML which I am slowly learning for my Blogger blog The River Otter. I was able to tweak the preconceived layout enough for my own taste and needs on my Blogger site using some HTML features.
One big problem I have with Wordpress is that there seems to be no way to know if you have any subscribers. Since blogging thrives on such stats, feedback, and borderline narcissism, well...this is probably a huge deal for many people. Supposedly, looking at how many visits you are getting per day and how many comments is a good indicator, but, well, visits are not "fans" and don't show if anyone really likes it. My Riverotter blog has more than a few "lurkers" that just won't leave a comment (many ppl who read it are in the 50-60 age bracket and just aren't comfortable with the concept).
(LOL, just an aside, Wordsprite and Riverotter are two different people...who sometimes comment on each other's blogs...surely I am not the only person who has ever done this.)
Good discussion!
WordPress stats plugin... love ittt...
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