Mashable published 5 Things to Know About WordPress 3.2, which takes a look back at the interface of WordPress over the past 8 years. WordPress is the software used on this site and just about every website I’m involved with.
Tag Archives: Wordpress
WordPress 3.1
WordPress 3.1 was released today so I’ll spend most of the day updating the websites I’m involved with. Over the next few months I work on combining some of the installations to make this process easier, but I have to figure something out with my new host, Media Temple, before I can make the changes I would like to make. It seems like some things were easier with DreamHost and others easier with Media Temple.
WordPress & Joomla
It looks like WordPress is going to be my platform of choice for a while. The decision to merge WordPress proper and WordPress Mu in WordPress 3.0, along with the buddypress plugins, makes it easier to standardized the sites I work with on a single platform. Spirit Post and andrejcarter.com have been on WordPress for a while. I experimented with Joomla for andrejcarter.com, but it was more than I needed. WordPress has always been the perfect choice for Spirit Post, and the new features in WordPress 3.0 with buddypress will enable some new functionality in Spirit Post, making it more of a community.
The KentuckyCheerleading.org site was initially on WordPress, but it was switched to Joomla because Joomla was more powerful than WordPress. Ironically it will be switched back to WordPress because WordPress is simpler. Joomla is a wonderful platform, which I would use if I needed something more powerful than WordPress, but WordPress’s simplicity is winning for now.
Public Redesign
Tonight I have started what is going to be a very public redesign of my site. This redesign involves designing a WordPress theme from scratch for use on my site. You can follow my progress on the Redesign page. Wish me luck.
Andre