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In March 2005, when I read this short note by Allen Says, little did I think I would generate a business out of the concept:
This is an incredibly powerful strategy that is being virtually overlooked. Most don’t realize that blog software is perfect for building actual sites.
At that stage I was building sites using a code generator - but was finding it pain - especially the updating of the menu structure each time I was adding a new page. I initially didn’t think much of Allen’s suggestion, understandable when you look at the standard blue WordPress theme, but when I found some sites with smart customised theme, I realised the potential of WordPress.
I briefly looked at both Joomla and Drupal, but decided to focus on WordPress, due to its easy install, and equally easy customisation. So far, there have no regrets …
When I first loaded WordPress 25RC1 a couple of weeks ago, I wasn’t that impressed with what I saw.
Possibly it was because the revised layout meant that I would have to redo a lot of my documentation.
But there were things that were initially a bit irritating - but now they’re growing on me.
For [...]
It was with some relief that I read that the WordPress 2.4 planned release has been cancelled.
You may be aware of the WordPress team’s goal to bring out scheduled releases every 3 months. While it is great that WordPress is getting improved on an ongoing basis, some of the changes can be significant, and then [...]
WP2.3 was released on September 24th.While WP2.2 didn’t cause too many problems with the introduction of Widgets, this release is different.
In order to make WordPress easier to extend in the future, the WordPress team have changed they way they categorise data - in geek speak they refer to it as the taxonomy schema.
In practical terms [...]
WordPress 2.2 ( ‘Getz’ ) was released just a few hours ago.
I have installed it on my local PC for testing. The first thing I tested was one of it’s most noticable changes - the inclusion of Widgets.
Widgets?
They’re simply snippets of code that run a specific WordPress function or plugin. So you can choose the [...]
WordPress was created in 2003 - starting with a few users, and only some basic web publishing capabilities. For a while it ‘lurked’ in the shadows of more established publishing tools. But then in 2005 it started emerging as a preferred blogging tool. Just over 3 years after launch, and things are very different. During [...]
In the January edition of the Affiliate Classroom’s monthly journal, Mark Thompson nominated WordPress as the application of the year.
He wrote:
In a year with so many great products it hasn’t been easy choosing a product of the year. But in spite of all the powerful products released in what has undoubtedly been a vintage year, [...]
