Comments on: So a funny thing happened on the way to 2.0….

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Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:32:56 +0000

[...] recently discussed the merits of Google’s Blogger and Wordpress.com.Â Free blog, free hosting, free plugins, free adsense integration …. um, what’s not to [...]

By: Wendy Piersall

Wendy Piersall — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 14:11:18 +0000

Jenny! So good to see you again!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:54:51 +0000

I’ve been trying to 2.0-ify my site as well, but with no luck. As of late, I’m a crappy designer. I guess churning out design after design all year finally burned me out because I got nothing left. But it’ll get done sometime.

By: Chris Furmanski

Chris Furmanski — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:11:07 +0000

I thought I remembered seeing those… I did a site search and they didn’t show up.

Those are great resources! I think they deserve some better linkage in a side bar.

Now my post on plugins can just be a trackback

By: Wendy Piersall

Wendy Piersall — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:13:36 +0000

Heh. YEP!

Compare WordPress to TypePad
WordPress Hosting & Installation
Essential WordPress Plugins (though I look forward to Chris’ take on plugins, because he’s way more technically adept than I am!)

By: Heather from Mom 4 Life

Heather from Mom 4 Life — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:10:48 +0000

Thank you for this post. I currently use Typepad and have been trying to figure out if it is worth switching over for the features of “no follow” and allowing commenter’s to be notified of follow-up comments. Do you have any links to share that do a comparison of Typepad and Wordpress or any feedback on how they compare for usability or features?

By: Kelvin Kao

Kelvin Kao — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 20:36:55 +0000

Aw, I only got 11… but I did get “yes” on the question “Does it appear web 3.0?” Maybe that’s why. =)

By: James Redmond

James Redmond — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:50:56 +0000

LOLOL! Thanks for the validator. Failed miserably but enjoyed myself immensely

By: Chris Furmanski

Chris Furmanski — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:32:59 +0000

@Joanne— I think you are exactly right and I bet your experience and transition are echoed by a lot of WP users.

… so forget the contest prize, maybe I’ll start doing some WP consulting

By: Joanne

Joanne — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:01:49 +0000

I started out on Blogger as a recommendation for beginners, and it has definitely served me well. As someone with none-to-minimal html knowledge, using the Blogger platform was helpful in learning how experiment with the layout and adding features (tag cloud, feedburner, hacks like hiding the nav bar, etc) to the site. Then, I realized I wanted my site to do other things and instead of helping me, Blogger was limiting me. So that began the process of moving over to self-hosted wordpress site. The going is slow because I’ve been learning and trying/testing out things with my wp site on the side while maintaining my current Blogger blog…but wordpress is amazing, I can’t wait until I finalize the move!

By: Chris Furmanski

Chris Furmanski — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:58:20 +0000

@Wendy, I am but your humble blog student

Though as I was writing the post, the irony wasn’t lost on me WRT your question, “So how do I work on the big picture without neglecting the day to day details that must be attended to?!”

Ya just get folks like me to write for you

By: Wendy Piersall

Wendy Piersall — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:41:38 +0000

My blog is more 2.0 than your blog!

(Actually only by one point – and that was probably because it was a duplicate – did you see how many things on that list were mentioned twice? But it WAS funny!!!)

By: Chris Furmanski

Chris Furmanski — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:53:49 +0000

@Grant – thanks a lot for the support!

@Neena – if by eye candy you mean new features, the biggest thing I can recommend is make sure you go the “widget” route…

That is, make sure you are using a recent version of WP (2.2+) and make sure you use template that is “widget-enable” or “widget-ready”. You’ll still need add individual widgets, but adding them and rearranging them in the side bar is much easier than using more traditional “plugins” that often require some coding. I’ll be addressing my favorite widgets & plugins in a future post.

If by 2.0 you mean silly graphics, I’ll also be addressing how to cheaply utilize outsourcing IT work in a future post.

Either way, you’ve given me a great idea for a contest prize… helping someone through the learning curve in setting up a new blog.

Thanks!

By: Grant Griffiths

Grant Griffiths — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:52:17 +0000

I actually switched from Typepad to Wordpress as we have found we can do more with WP than we could with TP. Quite frankly, I like the backend of WP better an TP too. Enjoy your Tech Talk Tues “column”.

By: Neena

Neena — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 09:38:26 +0000

I, too, recently switched from Blogger to self hosted Wordpress. While WordPress is definitely more flexible, the learning curve has been huge. I have yet to go “2.0″ because I just haven’t learned how to add all of that eye candy yet. I stopped by your site and it looks fantastic – congratulations on the move!