Anyone used WordPress?

[altis]

I never thought I'd say this but I'm tired of writing up our blog in raw HTML in TextPad. And it's a bit of a handful for Mrs A too.

So I've been looking around for other ways. I could learn up about PHP and MySQL but that seems a lot of effort. I've stumbled across WordPress which seems to do the job nicely.

Anyone any experiences of this that they'd like to share?

[homealone]

I've dabbled with using Wordpress, mainly as it is one of the options included in the 'fantastico' library of apps supplied with many cPanel installations when purchasing hosting for a web domain.

As a default installation it is very easy to use, including options for having readers log in before leaving comments, etc.

But, although I didn't play with this much, it is also very customisable, with a huge community adding to open source options for e.g. different styles, links to picture galleries, etc - a little bit of a learning curve involved here, I found, but again lots of online resources to go to for help.

hth

[homealone]

A good example of a Wordpress blog is the one by aliferste

http://urbanflyfisher.com/

[KaySquirrel]

I used to use Wordpress. I played around with both the free wordpress.com ones and the one you can host on your own domain. I liked it, but switched to Blogger for only one reason. When managing posts, you would see the 'post ID' of all your posts. That number would increase by 1 with every post, and could not be reset.

I know it's a bit (well ok, a LOT) sad of me, but that's the one thing that I didn't like about Wordpress. When I manage posts and decide to delete one, I want it GONE, and I would have liked a way to reset that post ID number, too.

Anyway, I went to check out my Wordpress account to see if they'd made any changes recently, and.. that post ID section is GONE from the Manage Posts section! I'm sure it's still in the coding somewhere, but if I don't have to SEE it, it doesn't bother me. Also I see they've added the ability to mass-delete posts. (Not ALL posts, but you can now Select All on a page' worth of old posts. Good enough!)

While my blog is currently down for re-editing, I'm seriously thinking of moving from Blogger to Wordpress because of the changes they made since the last time I messed with it.

I only revisited my Wordpress account again because this topic made me curious if it had changed at all, so thanks! Happy blogging!

[altis]

Looks like it's a go'er then. I'll give it a try.

[ikthius]

I am looking into this, but would like help on it.

do you need to upload a database?

does this give out update feeds?

any help on this would be great as I seem to be all over the place with it.

ik

[Damien]

Originally Posted by ikthius

I am looking into this, but would like help on it.

do you need to upload a database?

does this give out update feeds?

any help on this would be great as I seem to be all over the place with it.

ik

Wordpress is really easy to set up. All you need to do is upload the files you get with the download, go to new folder and it will take you though a simple 3 step process.

You do need a database, MySQL, you need to set one up because WordPress will require you put in the:

• Database name
• Your Username for the database
• The Password
• Where it is (usually localhost which is it's default)

Most hosts have a control panel to set it up for you. So it will be quite easy to set up. Just a few options.

Wordpress automatically provides an RSS feed for all your readers. You just need to use the control panel to post your posts and your away. It will be on the main page and on RSS. You can even assign different categories and it will separate them and provide RSS feeds for each one

Has some nice templates too: http://themes.wordpress.net/

[ikthius]

Originally Posted by Damien

Wordpress is really easy to set up. All you need to do is upload the files you get with the download, go to new folder and it will take you though a simple 3 step process.

You do need a database, MySQL, you need to set one up because WordPress will require you put in the:

• Database name
• Your Username for the database
• The Password
• Where it is (usually localhost which is it's default)

Most hosts have a control panel to set it up for you. So it will be quite easy to set up. Just a few options.

Wordpress automatically provides an RSS feed for all your readers. You just need to use the control panel to post your posts and your away. It will be on the main page and on RSS. You can even assign different categories and it will separate them and provide RSS feeds for each one

Has some nice templates too: http://themes.wordpress.net/

I think I have mysql here on my computer, could I test locally before going online?

ik

[altis]

You'll need to be running PHP too.

[Damien]

Originally Posted by ikthius

I think I have mysql here on my computer, could I test locally before going online?

ik

Yeah, Set up the database name, username and password and use localhost. As atlis said ensure you have php running

[ikthius]

I got PHP 5 at: C:\php5
and MySQL at: C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0

I have never worked with mysql, I downloaded it a while back but never used it.

what would I have to do to set up a database, the php and the wordpress?

should I put them all in one folder for testing?

[silveraden]

I have 2 wordpress blog and if you need a theme for your own blog, just pick here..
http://myseoblog.net/lists-index/

[ikthius]

Originally Posted by silveraden

I have 2 wordpress blog and if you need a theme for your own blog, just pick here..
http://myseoblog.net/lists-index/

there is a website I am developing, so I need to keep the same page layout/feel/look/usability, so I need to get my page to be a theme.

ik

[mazarebacha]

i really like wordpress. try to use that. you can also modify that to make it CMS website.

[ikthius]

I am having a terrible time trying to get a page converted from HTML to the XHTML so that I can get the PHP code so that the theme can work