[Hidden-tech] Blogger vs. Wordpress

Tish Grier tishgrier at yahoo.com
Mon Jun 11 11:25:26 EDT 2007


Good point about mentioning other options.  That's why I suggested David take a look at "Blogging for Dummies," which lays out a lot of the different kinds of software out there, and can help with decision-making. (there's also Drupal, which some folks like for larger content-management needs, although it has its quirks, as well as Scoopt, and a couple of others.  they're all open source....)
  
Lots of bloggers will prefer one type of software over another.  That's just the nature of blogging. 
   
  And, just because something's "open source" doesn't mean it's better than another software that might not be open source (contrary to so much of the hype.)  Open Source is great if you like to tinker with this or that, and you have the time or the inclination to figure things out.  But if you really *aren't* into playing with your software, and don't have time for the communityaspect  of an open source project, then open source might NOT be the way to go.  
   
  From a consumer perspective, gettting the right blogging platform is like anything else--read up on the different kinds, and consult with someone (or someones) that you trust.  Don't just buy into something because it sounds like the Next Big Thing.  Out here, the Next Big Thing could be the Next Big Headache.  
   
  Tish 

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Yea, I agree. I think it's great  that it's open source, which gives you access to the full community of users, but I will say I have a tech savvy friend who just started a Wordpress blog and he was having trouble figuring out how to do some things. When you pay for a service, you do get that added benefit of knowing someone is there to help.  

  I'm not dismissing Wordpress by any means. It's a great service. It's free. It's open source and it's fre, but you asked me why Typepad, so I gave some of the reasons I use it.
  

  At this point, I'm comfortable with the entire process, so I'm sticking with it. But for someone like David looking at the options, he should be aware that Blogger and Wordpress are not the only ones available.
  

  Ron
  

  
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    On Jun 11, 2007, at 10:02 AM, Diane Clancy wrote:

    Ron has a good point. **my last paragraph is most important point** But I also want to point out that there are tons of free widgets (add-ons) for WordPress.  There are lots of professional templates (called themes) with WordPress.  You can also tweak or change the CSS to your hearts content.  I know that many WordPress people have their blogs integrated with their sites - seamless - I don't know if they created them all in WordPress or something else.
  

  You can have other pages with WordPress also - not just a blog.  You can have static pages too.  WordPress has had this page concept for at least while - I don't know how long.  Again, you don't need design experience to make those pages - very, very easy.  I have not always gotten the help I needed from expensive paid software.  WordPress people have been very generous in my experience with helping figure things out.
  

  I am a subscriber to several TypePad blogs and I don't get the comments - just the posts.  With WordPress I can usually get the comments too.  So, Ron, I wish I were getting the comments from my TypePad subscriptions.  They seem pretty equivalent to me.
  

  What I particularly like about WordPress is that is **OPEN SOURCE**.  I love that hundreds if not thousands of people are working to make it better and to keep it free.  I love the whole open source (also known as free) software. It's a power to the people thing.  It is quite a strong movement!
  

  Diane Clancy
  

  At 6:51 AM -0400 6/11/07, Ron Miller wrote:
  When I started blogging in 2003, there were basically two options; Typepad and Blogger. I started using Blogger (before Google bought them), but I didn't like the Blogger look and feel, so I switched to Typepad. It has/had more professional looking templates and a level of control I wasn't getting from Blogger. I get daily stats for instance, which I didn't get at the time from Blogger.  
  If I were starting today, I would strongly consider WordPress, but I think for $5.00 a month, you get a lot from Typepad including paid, professional help. WordPress provides a community of help, but you don't know if someone will respond to your query and you don't know if the answer you get is right. I've always gotten prompt, professional responses from Typepad  
  Typepad also provides a gallery of free widgets, add-ons that are dead simple to add to your page. They also have a variety of professional looking templates and they give you complete control over your blog from configuration and monetization all in a graphical environment. If you are a web designer, you can design your own CSS and they recently added a page concept that makes it easy to create a web site from your blog (with separate pages on different topics) without web page design experience.  
  Wordpress is great, but the last time I looked at it, I strongly disliked that  it required users to subscribe to the blog and comments separately.  
  If you want free, I would probably go with Wordpress, but you get a lot for your money for $5 a month from Typepad.  
  Ron  
  
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  On Jun 10, 2007, at 9:00 PM, Diane Clancy wrote:  
  But TypePad is paid ... so why pay when you are atarting and can get for free?  
  Diane  
  At 11:36 AM -0400 6/10/07, Ron Miller wrote:
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  Not to muddy the waters further for you, but I wouldn't count out Typepad, which is what I use for my blog.
  
  Ron
  
  
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  On Jun 8, 2007, at 5:59 PM, DAVID F. FARKAS wrote:
  
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  Hi tech wizards...

Time for me to set up a few blogs to my business. One may be the basis of most of the content on one new site.

The two ways I know about are Blogger and Wordpress. Blogger seems to be pretty transparent and easy to set up. Wordpress, I assume, has a learning curve and it needs to be setup on my host's server.

I'd love some input from experienced web wizards and bloggers on pros, cons, best for a particular purpose, etc.

Thanx so much.
David
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