Thinking about Wordpress.. - Page 3

**cass_is_awesome** · September 5th, 2008, 9:20 PM

I've been debating whether or not to use WP. A good friend of mine (as well as my former host and current SurpassHosting hostee) uses Wordpress, and manages to pull it off pretty flawlessly.

My conundrum is that I'm really not all that interesting of the person, and I feel that the only way I can justify paying for hosting is if I spend an exorbitant amount of time handwriting the CMS that powers my site... I also realize that by using a pre-made posting system, I could save time that I could spend making my site more interesting, as opposed to getting to the blog phase and rewriting everything because I think of more efficient ways to write things...

**fury** · September 6th, 2008, 2:22 AM

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Originally Posted by DewKnight

It doesn't place an htaccess file in the cache folder, but in your root for the blog.

So your blog is installed in the public_html and not in /blog ?

You can always try copying over the text it gives you on the config page to your htaccess file. Once it comes down to the actual coding it gets where I can't be of much help lately, haven't done any real coding in years

Well I copied the part from the install notes that said "this is what you .htaccess should look like" into my .htaccess in my root dir, and like I said, HTML files were showing up in my cache folder. So I think it's working right.. the pages display correctly, and it's serving up pretty fast when the plugin is turned on.

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Originally Posted by cass_is_awesome

I've been debating whether or not to use WP. A good friend of mine (as well as my former host and current SurpassHosting hostee) uses Wordpress, and manages to pull it off pretty flawlessly.

My conundrum is that I'm really not all that interesting of the person, and I feel that the only way I can justify paying for hosting is if I spend an exorbitant amount of time handwriting the CMS that powers my site... I also realize that by using a pre-made posting system, I could save time that I could spend making my site more interesting, as opposed to getting to the blog phase and rewriting everything because I think of more efficient ways to write things...

I run into the same problem. I've been trying to write not just entries about the happenings in my life, but also about other stuff that has at least some value to readers. I have also battled with making all of my own stuff and using a premade blogging system. I like Wordpress so far, and it was VERY easy to theme to my site. I didn't even have to edit any CSS from my existing theme.

Wordpress is pretty powerful, and it handles all of the dirty work of blogging. I would recommend it, at least for a test run. Install it on a subdomain and play around with it for a while and if you like it, you can export your posts (if you want) and import them back to your new install. I'd even be willing to help you with the theme if you really wanted/needed the help, but I'm pretty sure your skills are superior to mine as far as coding goes.

I have an idea though, as far as interesting blogs go..

I think it would be cool if Surpass came up with a list of blog topics, and then users write their blogs and post links to them in the forums. It wouldn't really be a contest, but more like a stimulus to get bloggers writing about a common topic to share ideas and viewpoints.

Livejournal does something similar (not sure if that's a public page or if you need to be logged in to view it..) but it's called Writer's Block, and they just have a topic for listed and a brief description and you click the button to "answer it" which just puts a special tag on it and some LJ-end coding to specify it to their display system. But we could just link to each other via the forums. I think this could be lots of fun, and no one would be obligated to participate, but it would really be neat to spread your thoughts and views while taking in those of others.

**cass_is_awesome** · September 6th, 2008, 3:25 AM

That is a really good idea, Rob.

Just have Kayla make a sticky thread or something, and have everyone post in their blogs about whatever topic we decide (a democratic, voting deal would be sort of neat. Everyone votes and then we decide what topic to write about based off of that), then have them either post a link to their entr(y)(ies) or the entr(y)(ies) it (them) sel(f)(ves)

It was hard covering all of my singulars and plurals there...

**fury** · September 7th, 2008, 2:11 AM

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Originally Posted by cass_is_awesome

That is a really good idea, Rob.

Just have Kayla make a sticky thread or something, and have everyone post in their blogs about whatever topic we decide (a democratic, voting deal would be sort of neat. Everyone votes and then we decide what topic to write about based off of that), then have them either post a link to their entr(y)(ies) or the entr(y)(ies) it (them) sel(f)(ves)

It was hard covering all of my singulars and plurals there...

I don't think we really need to vote on a weekly topic, if they just posted one each week, you either reply or you don't. If it's "Who will be the next president?" (I don't think the ideas should be this extreme, but I couldn't think of any examples), and you don't have an opinion, you wait for the next one. A lot of the ones on Livejournal are kinda lame.. Things like "If you could live forever, what would you spend your time doing?". I think it should be more like sharing expertise and knowledge, as well as politely sharing points of view.

Any time several people write about the same topic, they're bound to have conflicting views and opinions, which can be a great motivator for you to write more, and sometimes even change your views, and open your eyes to new points of view.

I imagine it to be a post started by Kayla which contains the topic. Then each user who responds with an entry on their blog replies to the topic post by Kayla with a link, and you can see who else has replied. Additionally, if I especially like your reply cass, I can link to you directly from my entry, thus sharing traffic and opening up others to your blog; which would be in addition to me linking back to the topic thread from my blog so people can read others' posts as well as mine regarding the same topic.

Kayla! Doitnowplzkthx.

**cass_is_awesome** · September 7th, 2008, 4:27 PM

I'm not sure how much I'm liking Wordpress.

It's giving me a case of Moveabletype syndrome, when I first started using it back in the day. I might actually use MT as opposed to WP, since I know the hierarchy of MT much better than WP. MT isn't too bad, but it's designed more for business applications, if you ask my opinion.

**MarkRH** · September 7th, 2008, 8:36 PM

In case you haven't figured this out yet with WP.. in order for it to write to the .htaccess file, you need to edit the /wp-includes/vars.php to force $is_apache to true because the server software reports back as WebServerX. Following is the server detection part of the script:

PHP Code:


			
// Server detection
 
/**
 * Whether the server software is Apache or something else
 * @global bool $is_apache
 */
//$is_apache = ((strpos($_SERVER['SERVER_SOFTWARE'], 'Apache') !== false) || (strpos($_SERVER['SERVER_SOFTWARE'], 'LiteSpeed') !== false)) ? true : false;
$is_apache = true;
 
/**
 * Whether the server software is IIS or something else
 * @global bool $is_IIS
 */
$is_IIS = (strpos($_SERVER['SERVER_SOFTWARE'], 'Microsoft-IIS') !== false) ? true : false;

I integrated part of my WP with my main site. I mostly write posts about what changes I've made to the website.. with some other content type posts every now and then. I actually have a lot of stuff I could blog about but it would come back to haunt me probably.. like saying what I really think about employers and how they do things LOL.

I could on about how I've gotten myself addicted to EverQuest II LOL or how I'm getting over my messed-up right foot..

**Kayla** · September 9th, 2008, 12:50 AM

AH! What should the first question/topic be?

**fury** · September 9th, 2008, 1:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Kayla

AH! What should the first question/topic be?

What made you want to start your own blog/website.

**Kayla** · September 9th, 2008, 1:01 AM

Okie what are we going to call this thread....

Weekly Blog-o-Rama

Blog Time!

etc.

September 5th, 2008, 9:20 PM	#19 (permalink)
cass_is_awesome Notoriously Unlikeable Excelling Contributor Joined in Mar 2008 Lives in Michigan Hosted on SH138 730 posts Gave thanks: 12 Thanked 9 times	I've been debating whether or not to use WP. A good friend of mine (as well as my former host and current SurpassHosting hostee) uses Wordpress, and manages to pull it off pretty flawlessly. My conundrum is that I'm really not all that interesting of the person, and I feel that the only way I can justify paying for hosting is if I spend an exorbitant amount of time handwriting the CMS that powers my site... I also realize that by using a pre-made posting system, I could save time that I could spend making my site more interesting, as opposed to getting to the blog phase and rewriting everything because I think of more efficient ways to write things... __________________ SITE \| MYSPACE \| TWITTER

September 6th, 2008, 3:25 AM	#21 (permalink)
cass_is_awesome Notoriously Unlikeable Excelling Contributor Joined in Mar 2008 Lives in Michigan Hosted on SH138 730 posts Gave thanks: 12 Thanked 9 times	That is a really good idea, Rob. Just have Kayla make a sticky thread or something, and have everyone post in their blogs about whatever topic we decide (a democratic, voting deal would be sort of neat. Everyone votes and then we decide what topic to write about based off of that), then have them either post a link to their entr(y)(ies) or the entr(y)(ies) it (them) sel(f)(ves) It was hard covering all of my singulars and plurals there... __________________ SITE \| MYSPACE \| TWITTER

September 7th, 2008, 4:27 PM	#23 (permalink)
cass_is_awesome Notoriously Unlikeable Excelling Contributor Joined in Mar 2008 Lives in Michigan Hosted on SH138 730 posts Gave thanks: 12 Thanked 9 times	I'm not sure how much I'm liking Wordpress. It's giving me a case of Moveabletype syndrome, when I first started using it back in the day. I might actually use MT as opposed to WP, since I know the hierarchy of MT much better than WP. MT isn't too bad, but it's designed more for business applications, if you ask my opinion. __________________ SITE \| MYSPACE \| TWITTER

September 7th, 2008, 8:36 PM	#24 (permalink)
MarkRH Race Surpass Super #1 Joined in Jul 2006 Lives in Oklahoma City, OK Hosted on sh102 1,510 posts Gave thanks: 21 Thanked 104 times	In case you haven't figured this out yet with WP.. in order for it to write to the .htaccess file, you need to edit the /wp-includes/vars.php to force $is_apache to true because the server software reports back as WebServerX. Following is the server detection part of the script: PHP Code: // Server detection /** * Whether the server software is Apache or something else * @global bool $is_apache / //$is_apache = ((strpos($_SERVER['SERVER_SOFTWARE'], 'Apache') !== false) \|\| (strpos($_SERVER['SERVER_SOFTWARE'], 'LiteSpeed') !== false)) ? true : false; $is_apache = true; /* * Whether the server software is IIS or something else * @global bool $is_IIS / $is_IIS = (strpos($_SERVER['SERVER_SOFTWARE'], 'Microsoft-IIS') !== false) ? true : false; I integrated part of my WP with my main site. I mostly write posts about what changes I've made to the website.. with some other content type posts every now and then. I actually have a lot of stuff I could blog about but it would come back to haunt me probably.. like saying what I really think about employers and how they do things LOL. I could on about how I've gotten myself addicted to EverQuest II LOL or how I'm getting over my messed-up right foot.. __________________ SH102* : Mark Headrick - Blog - Gallery Pelicar \| Company of Valor \| Mysstie

September 9th, 2008, 12:50 AM	#25 (permalink)
Kayla Senior Member Surpass Staff Joined in May 2003 Lives in Orlando 25,173 posts Gave thanks: 982 Thanked 878 times Total Awards: 1	AH! What should the first question/topic be? __________________ Add Surpass on Twitter and Facebook for great deals and contests FIRST!

September 9th, 2008, 1:01 AM	#27 (permalink)
Kayla Senior Member Surpass Staff Joined in May 2003 Lives in Orlando 25,173 posts Gave thanks: 982 Thanked 878 times Total Awards: 1	Okie what are we going to call this thread.... Weekly Blog-o-Rama Blog Time! etc. __________________ Add Surpass on Twitter and Facebook for great deals and contests FIRST!

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