Comments for Blue Mushrooms

Comment on Some fixes for Wordpress 2.5 annoyances by Fixing Wordpress 2.5: Baltic Amber Themes plugin

Fixing Wordpress 2.5: Baltic Amber Themes plugin — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:03:19 +0000

[...] it also gives you the option of making the admin pages 100% width, you don’t need the Remove Max Width plugin if you use this [...]

Comment on Visitor Based Optimization by Why would anyone buy from my sites?

Why would anyone buy from my sites? — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:01:43 +0000

[...] get me wrong: I did think about it. I even wrote about it. I even coined a term that went nowhere: Visitor Based Optimization. But the truth it I was so busy being a noob that my brain just couldn’t handle it [...]

Comment on Spam is in the eye of the beholder by March earnings, and further thoughts on spam

March earnings, and further thoughts on spam — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:01:26 +0000

[...] there are advantages to having chaff - or dare I say “spam” - sites. For one, I’m not scared of these domains getting tanked by Google someday. [...]

Comment on Rebranding Blue Mushrooms by How much can we share?

How much can we share? — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:52:44 +0000

[...] few months ago, I announced I was rebranding this site as Blue Mushrooms, and moving away from journaling and more toward actually providing good information to people who [...]

Comment on What’s the best open source blog software? by Marco

Marco — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:53:54 +0000

I would say that b2evolution v2.4 has a very slick theming system. When you open a theme file, every little bit is commented and you see exactly how it’s working. If you edit in Dreamweaver for example, all the comments stand out in a different color. It really made my life easier.

Comment on What’s the best open source blog software? by Bonnie

Bonnie — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:50:23 +0000

I love hearing what other people think of Textpattern. I’ve been playing with some other CMS systems thinking that Wordpress won’t quite do what I want it to. Joomla isn’t bad–but does way more than I need it too and while I can see how powerful and easy to use it is on a BIG site–I don’t have anything that needs those features.

Also, theming is harder on it–even just messing with an existing theme was harder than wordpress.

I’ll have to go back and look at Textpattern again though. It sounds hopeful. I love the thought of just updating every year instead of regularly! :).

Comment on What’s the best open source blog software? by Matt

Matt — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:55:02 +0000

I suggest you checkout textpattern a little closer. There is no real themeing you can write true html! Plugins are super easy to install and you’ll find the the forum and documentation are both awesome.

Comment on What’s the best open source blog software? by Peter

Peter — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:31:37 +0000

Regarding hosting, here is a list of web hosts that are compatible with Textpattern.

Comment on What’s the best open source blog software? by Peter

Peter — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:17:50 +0000

As far as I know, Textpattern is more lightweight and secure than any other blogging platform or CMS. I’m not too technical, I just know html and css, but I can use it no problem. There are not so many themes available as Wordpress but just check out Textgarden or Textpattern Resources (where you can find plugins as well) and you’ll probably find one you like.

Installation is quick and simple, so is updating about once a year. The forum will give you all the help you need. Plugins are simply copy and paste and activate and there are plenty. I’d recommend after installation installing this templates plugin to make it easy to install templates. (After installing read the Help). Then from the same site you could try this beautiful template to get you started and blogging.

Some people say Textpattern is a learning curve and I wrote a tutorial of first steps which gives a learn by doing set of tasks so as to get to the point where it clicks into place. It’s designed to be read before you start to write articles or mess about.

I never get any comment spam by the way, none at all, although I can tell from my logs that there are lots of attempts. They all fail

Comment on What’s the best open source blog software? by Empress

Empress — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:21:36 +0000

I have gone through the EXACT same thing - I’m not at that point yet where I want (or can afford) to pay for a blogging platform - and then with all the blogs I have do I have to pay for each one separately? You know those questions!

I’ve tried my hand at figuring out the ones we find on your server site - and either I’ve found them lacking in plugins/community or they’re hard to figure out (being someone who doesn’t do a lot of coding it can get really confusing) and then they have different terms to explain - “modules” as to “plugins” as to… something else. It’s hard to wrap my head around them.

Also the theming - tricky stuff… unless I’ve got a lot of time to sit down and figure it out - but as of yet I’m still lacking on the free time thing. So I’ve gone with WordPress. I’ve not really dug around the code, but I’m sure there’s bloat to it. But straight out of the box - it was awesome, I had my first site up in 10 minutes. How nice is that.. and adding stuff to the site was pretty easy. I’ve stuck with them, because of the active community/themes out the wazoo.

So until I see something just as good - more secure perhaps… I’ll be sticking with WordPress. I too would love to hear alternatives.