Is Wordpress the Best Blogging Platform?
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Is Wordpress the best blogging platform?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byYes, it is!
JaredBroker says:
I love Wordpress for SEO friendliness. I admit that I like the way Drupal looks and feels slightly more, though.
Posted January 15, 2012
junkerri says:
I love it!
Posted October 29, 2011
JoeSteinbeck says:
You've got to love all of the plugins and support that Wordpress offers
Posted August 29, 2011
Buxykay says:
To me personally, I think that wordpress is the best blogging platform. I can write books with thousands of volumes to support my opinion but unfortunately I am not a good writer. After discovering the many advantages against the disadvantages of wordpress, I started to convert my static websites to blogs and you can guess on which platform I placed my preference.
Takes less than a minute to install, easy to configure, search engine friendly, millions of free support plugins, etc.. etc..
Posted August 23, 2011
xoxotani says:
I love wordpress a lot. xoxotani.wordpress.com. Tons of themes and layouts to choose from and many ways to share.
Posted August 22, 2011
Kenken99 says:
Totally. WordPress has a very easy-to-navigate interface and a bagful of features. Also, on the right to me is a response that http://www.inkfeeds.com offers much more. Well, InkFeeds uses WordPress!
Posted March 30, 2011
devendra parhate says:
From wch heaven has Matt came?
Nooooooo challenge for his work.
Wordpress is quite simple and will be more simpler and powerfull and it is now too a powerful.
Posted March 12, 2011
maría says:
Not at all. Tumblr is the best one out there right now, no doubt. A lot easier and to the point. It's steadily gaining adepts. Watch out wordpress, you're pretty but too heavy sometimes ;)
Posted January 13, 2011
BazSmith says:
I think Wordpress has enough functionality for most people, although I am always open to improvements if they are necessary and I can see the merits.
Posted December 22, 2010
willisx32 says:
the modules and themes for wordpress are neato. They also have fantastic plugins for SEO to generate more traffic to your blog.
Posted December 05, 2010
Kenken99 says:
I've used tons of blogging platforms and no matter what I like WordPress, especially WordPress.com. The support team is great, there are beautiful themes, and the free features are cool.
Posted November 02, 2010
Allison_Whitehead says:
Yes I've found it excellent and easy to use. There are enough plugins to keep everyone happy! Best for beginners and intermediate I think.
Posted October 12, 2010
kansasww says:
Started with Blogger switched to Wordpress and never looked back, I prefer hosting all my own blogs.
Posted September 26, 2010
glockr says:
I like it. Easy to set up, easy to use, tons of modules, easily available documentation. Lots easier to set up and use than Drupal.
Posted September 16, 2010
meanderfly says:
Most definitely yes. I started out with b2Evolution and though it is a powerful blogging platform it did not compare with the power of WordPress.
Wordpress is so easy to get up and running. The wide variety of themes and plugins let you make your blog into anything you can imagine. As a CMS it has no equal. I've never been happier, switching to WordPress was the best blogging move I ever made.
Posted July 04, 2010
No, it isn't!
ces says:
I heard wordpress was great, but I just started using it and i cant figure out how to customise my theme. It keeps trying to charge me. I find this insane? blogspot that i also use does this for free. Am i just doing something wrong or do you have to pay to customise the blogs appearance?
Posted February 02, 2012
Jany says:
I loved it till i used this new blog host I have just discovered, inkfeeds.com, and they offer much more. take a look at them.
Posted March 15, 2011
Robby says:
No way, the learning curve is vertical!
Posted March 24, 2010
Chris says:
WordPress is a great CMS but try running it as a single blog page on a site, the time it takes to create a theme from scratch to match the rest of the site and all the features that aren't used.
WordPress is a great CMS, in fact possibly the best opensource cms, its just a little bit too big to be called a Blogging Platform anymore.
Posted December 20, 2009
nyan says:
I hated that wordpress made it look as though I was able to edit CSS codes, but then after I clicked preview it told me I would need to buy the feature.
Posted October 23, 2009
Neil says:
It has a large feature set, but the interface is very convoluted, especially for new users.
I originally had some stigma against Blogspot after seeing new, flashy apps like Tumblr, but Blogspot seems to be the best
Posted October 19, 2009
here i am says:
custom code is always better.. for those who can handle the truth
Posted July 28, 2009
Chris says:
Tumblr is the best (in my opinion)
Posted April 18, 2009
inkserotica says:
I have to go with Blogger :) Easy to use and the ability to change your templates whenever you want to (hosted wordpress blogs are restricted to the templates already installed and they're usually naff.) Blogger will always be my first choice if I need to set up another blog.
Posted October 25, 2008
dc64 says:
I like Blogger because it's easy. Wordpress seems a bit more complicated, and I have enough of that in my life already.
Posted October 24, 2008
CosmeticSurgeryIreland says:
I have learned to love it a little but really I love TypePad for the excellent support.
Posted September 15, 2008
Paul says:
Hey guys, forget wordpress! klatcher.com is the new big thing. It’s way easier, I tried it out, and you can sell your stories with a 75% revenue share. Stories look way better. I seriously think Klatcher will crash wordpress & Co.
Posted August 11, 2008
Chadrew says:
I have found my "best" blogging software in NucleusCMS. I like the if/else statements that can be used with a number of conditions, and it's skin/template system.
What bugs me in Wordpress is that editing the skins is complicated; you add the changes like custom code to .php files, and they can be overwritten later by software upgrades... In NucleusCMS, the skins are separate from the program part, and you can add whatever code you want to them easily.
I'd take NucleusCMS over Wordpress in most cases ;)
What it lacks is the SEO-friendly URLs out-of-the-box. Also, the community and the developer team is many times smaller than that of Wordpress. However, it also means you can be heard and your questions might be answered by the devs themselves.
Posted March 04, 2008
Free Blogging Platform List
Vote for your favorite or add a new one!
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WordPress.org
Download Wordpress as a CMS to install it on your own server.12 points
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WordPress.com
You can create a free Wordpress blog here.9 points
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MovableType
Big blogging platform which recently went open source.3 points
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NucleusCMS
Great, simple blogging platform with some powerful features.2 points
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LiveJournal
Free, if a bit simple blogging service.2 points
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Windows Live Spaces
Windows Live Spaces, Microsoft's free blogging site.1 point
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Facebook Fan Pages
Nov 21, 2011 @ 12:19 am | delete
- I am very happy to keep track the thing that I used to do. many thanks for sharing. impressive page indeed.
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bolt101
Aug 25, 2011 @ 12:11 pm | delete
- A very nice insight. One good guide for new bloggers is A Guide to the Perfect Blog
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Donnette
Jul 7, 2011 @ 9:07 am | delete
- Wordpress is brilliant, particularly for trying to coach people into taking control of their own blog.. it's simple, pretty and user friendly... Self-hosting is fantastic with more advanced users!
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Helenee
May 15, 2011 @ 3:12 am | delete
- Brilliant simplicity!
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Allison_Whitehead
Oct 12, 2010 @ 6:58 am | delete
- I get on just fine with Wordpress, although I wouldn't recommend the free version if you want to take total control of it.
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Tanzz
Jul 23, 2010 @ 1:41 am | delete
- I think so. WordPress is the content management platform that I have come across. I'm a big fan of WP. Cheers
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Kaelos Feb 5, 2010 @ 11:31 am | delete
- I'm a big wordpress fan! In fact, I just made a lens about Yaro Starak's Become a Blogger Premium Course... check it out, it's about how to become a blogger quickly!
http://www.squidoo.com/become-a-blogger-premium
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wecomparebooks
Dec 29, 2009 @ 6:17 pm | delete
- cool lens!
Please check out mine and comment! http://www.squidoo.com/my0blogs
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Lillea
May 5, 2009 @ 4:23 am | delete
- I think WordPress is the best because its so flexible and, for the most part, free. But I hated WordPress until I bought this product and finally am able to make my blog work much better!
www.wordpressforinternetmarketers.com
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Chadrew
Aug 16, 2008 @ 8:28 am | delete
- Yes, I agree the lens needs more work. Maybe in the future :)
I've visited your site. So do you mean to say you add each new post 'manually', so to speak, and upload it to your server? And it's all static HTML? That looks like a lot of work. All modern blogging platforms or CMS (content management systems) make it a much easier process I believe. You can type the post online, click publish and that's it. Your site is dynamic basically.
Static pages of course have their own advantages: safety, very little resource usage, and such. But I can't imagine many people using static sites nowadays. That's so XX century ;)
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diggyisking
Aug 15, 2008 @ 5:16 pm | delete
- Mmmm...interesting although you could expand the lens by detailing each specific blogging software and the pros and cons of it.
I have recently started a site and started with a css sheet that I edited in notedpad.
However my friend suggested I get wordpress which will make it much easier to insert blogs.
Any help?
http://www.upgradereality.com
THanks
Diggy
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