Styled Bits » blogging http://v1.styledbits.com This is a Garden, and I'm Trying Not to Trample It Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:26:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en Moving MichaelOnSecurity.com to Wordpress.com http://v1.styledbits.com/2008/02/moving-michaelonsecuritycom-to-wordpresscom/ http://v1.styledbits.com/2008/02/moving-michaelonsecuritycom-to-wordpresscom/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:48:54 +0000 Michael Gorsuch http://www.styledbits.com/2008/02/moving-michaelonsecuritycom-to-wordpresscom/ Regarding this post, I have received a few emails stating that they are very happy with the Wordpress.com community. Since MichaelOnSecurity is a very new weblog that is hoping to build a community, why not move into one? They allow for full domain hosting for $10, so it is a rather inexpensive experiment. I prefer the simplicity of the Wordpress writing system to that of Drupal’s. It’s not that Drupal is a bad choice, but it really should be used when you need a tried and true CMS. Wordpress fits wonderfully for writing.

Now, there are a few cons to moving to the Wordpress.com infrastructure:

  • theme editing is very limited
  • no custom plugins
  • advertising is a no-no

Since I’m focusing on content over appearance, and I don’t have any interest in monetizing the site, neither of these should really get in my way. If things don’t work out, I can easily move back to my own server and retain the link structure.

]]> http://v1.styledbits.com/2008/02/moving-michaelonsecuritycom-to-wordpresscom/feed/ I’m Curious About the Wordpress.com Community http://v1.styledbits.com/2008/01/im-curious-about-the-wordpresscom-community/ http://v1.styledbits.com/2008/01/im-curious-about-the-wordpresscom-community/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:02:19 +0000 Michael Gorsuch http://www.styledbits.com/2008/01/im-curious-about-the-wordpresscom-community/ Styled Bits runs the Wordpress weblog platform. It’s easy to install and maintain, outside of worrying about PHP vulnerabilities. I like to take a peek at what others are doing from time to time, and noticed that the plug-and-play version of Wordpress has a built-in community of sorts. I wonder how well it works: do Wordpress.com users follow the various tags of interest and contribute in meaningful ways to each others’ weblogs?

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