What's all the hpe about Wordpress?

Discussion in 'WordPress' started by Ricky Rich, Jul 5, 2008.

  1. #1
    Many members on this forum seem to think that Wordpress is the best thing since sliced bread, but it never struck as more than a blogspot look-alike....

    Can any of you guys explain to me what makes it different than any other free blogging platform? Thanks!
     
    Ricky Rich, Jul 5, 2008 IP
  2. falguni1

    falguni1 Peon

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    #2
    popularity and the love that wordpress gets.

    the themes, the plugins, the support.
     
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    kentuckyslone Notable Member

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    Word Press is customizable. There is almost no limit to what can be done with the templates/themes. With WP you can actually own the domain - not so with blogspot
     
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    Got to agree with the above, the support, plugins, themes etc make it a great piece of code to use.
    Its easy to alter to your own needs and looks better than most blog software about.

    I only got introduced to it via Installatron with my hosting - thats another great point I guess, one click and its installed ready to go.

    Ry
     
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    pipes Prominent Member

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    It has 2k+ plugins, its regularly updated, its easy to work with, easy to learn how to create themes for it, can be used as a CMS, can be setup quickly, wont cost much to get going, easy to seo, the se's seem to love blogs, well i know google does. :)

    A massive community, lots of assistance.
     
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    themanbeast9 Active Member

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    Look at the Panthers Blog link in my signature. Do you think you can do that with Blogger? No. That is why people love Wordpress.
     
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    richkid Well-Known Member

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    #7
    I hate the way comments work on blogspot
     
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    Wordpress sucks ass, because the people behind it are all firefox fanboys, however with so many programmers worldwide involved in development, there is no other platform that offers adequate development power and support. They're still nothing but a bunch of useless firefox fanboys, though. Almost as obnoxious as mac fanboys...
     
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  9. Ricky Rich

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    I just took a look at your blog and I think I got your point:D
     
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    Gareth_Boyd Well-Known Member

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    Everything about Wordpress is amazing. Enough said.
     
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    #11
    Wordpress can range from a simple one person blog, to a hundred author CMS, to even millions of users having their own blog hosted from one installation (WPMU), or even a gallery. Because wordpress is free, has good support, is highly customizable, and has tons of plug-ins, many choose it as the defauly blog software/ CMS for their site. Many forget though that there are other choices out there.

    http://movabletype.org
    http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_and_Programs/Blog/index.html
    and more, just do a google search for blog software, and you will find many.

    I personally love wordpress, and use it on CSSCharm.com
     
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  12. Ricky Rich

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    I know this may sound stupid, but what's a CMS?
     
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    #13
    Blogger sucks. the only thing good about it is that it is free and you can monetize it with Google products.
    There are no limitations to wordpress. Just look around at all the different types of blogs and designs on this forum from Wordpress users.
     
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  14. RB!

    RB! Active Member

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    #14
    Content Management System (eg. Joomla)
     
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  15. Ricky Rich

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    I just took a look at Joomla, and I still don't get it:confused:
     
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    RB! Active Member

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    it's a system that allows you to easily manage your content (videos, articles, pictures, etc.), most web hosting companies offer one click installation to your website, from there you'll be given a special link to go to the admin section of your CMS and manage your sites' content
     
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  17. Ricky Rich

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    Oh NOW I get it... Thanks!:)
     
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    #18
    He didn't explain very well, it's a system that dynamically manages content without you having to hard code the content into html pages.
     
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    So if I got it right, It's kind of a remote content management system, right?
     
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    #20
    Basicly yes... You create content with a web editor. Mostly WYSIWYG
     
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