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Written by:
Dylan Barber
4/2/2009 1:51 AM
Okay if you are a reader, follower, or stumble upon this blog and actually read it, you would know I am a DotNetNuke and ASP.NET guy. Well it never hurts to learn new things right? So after my coworker installed Wordpress for his blog (http://zacuke.com) and showed me what it took I was impressed with how fast and easy it appeared. I asked him for a demo of the backend and the features and literally we learned a bunch of it together, neither of us had really touched Wordpress before that! I was impressed that with very little knowledge of PHP and mySQL he got it running on a Windows server in less than an hour and was blogging as soon as he was done.
Now, I still think DNN is a lot more flexible for applications and membership type of sites, but I will admit for a blog engine I couldn’t beat the time or simplicity of Wordpress. So after talking to him I emailed a few people I know who are Wordpress gurus (at least they say they are) and for the last 5 days I have been spending a lot of free time going through the things they told me were the most important. I still don’t consider myself an expert but definitely not a total novice either. I still don’t like PHP or its wrapped up in presentation way of doing things but Wordpress nicely insulates users and even administrators from a lot of that. The template engine is very robust and fast and I would love to have DNN learn a thing or two from it but that's for the future. For now I can at least say to clients “Yes I can help you manage your Wordpress site, and by the way let me tell you about DNN if you want to do more!”
1 comment(s) so far...
Re: Wordpress? What the h***!!
I use DNN for work, but gotta say when it comes to blogs, wordpress wins hands down. Most people aren't looking for the additional stuff you get with DNN, and more and more people are starting blogs at wordpress.com and then moving them to their own hosting when they realize how easy it is. I've moved 7 in the last year for friends, family, and clients.
That being said, I haven't done much, if anything, to change any of the PHP code, so I don't know how difficult that'd be. I just know when I want to rant or share, it's only a few clicks.
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