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Pressed and customized

For the last few weeks I’ve been testing a number of blogging and CMS platforms to see which one fits my needs best.

I’ve tried:

  • Wordpress
  • Textpattern
  • Joomla
  • Drupal
  • Mambo
  • Mephisto
  • Serendipty
  • Expression Engine Core
  • and a few more..

As some of you’ll may have guessed I’ve finally settled on Wordpress 2.5 for a couple of reasons

  • The community: The design and development community around wordpress is large and active.
  • The customization options: In my opinion, Wordpress offers more “good” themes than any other CMS.
  • The ease with which i can build or customize my own theme is incomparable.
  • The Wordpress 2.5 admin console: The new dashboard and console is intuitive not only to power bloggers but also blogger newbies.

I’ve yet to discover the all of intricacies of Wordpress and its functions. I hope to create my own theme in some time. For now I’m using Simplicity, a German based theme that I’ve customized for English content. It’s still got a few bugs that got lost in translation so feel free to leave a comment on them.

14. April 2008 | Blogging | Comments (1)