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56% of WordPress Users Hate WP 2.5+

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 A Picture is worth a Thousand Words…

As you can see by the Screen Capture of the recent poll, most people who use WordPress really don’t like the latest upgrade. And I didn’t even cast MY No vote, so the percentage is actually higher than this shows.

The other side of the coin is that Only One Third of the voters actually like the newest version.

If you would like to get an idea of how people really feel about the changes you may want to take a peak at the comments on the actual poll post. I hope WordPress listens to the people who actually are using the platform before too many people migrate somewhere else.

June 9th, 2008 at 10:04am | Posted by Joe | Attitude, WordPress | reader remarks | Print This Post

Do You Love or Hate WordPress 2.5+ ?

 Notice the OLD Logo for WordPress?

There is a reason for that.

I wish WordPress would stop messing around with things that work just fine. Sure, I understand the need to fix Security Issues and maybe improve the usability to a degree. Maybe even make it look a little more “Web 2.0ish”.

Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t like WP 2.5 or 2.5.1.

I installed 2.5 on my Freeware Finds Blog as a test, Hated It…

I installed 2.5.1 on our personal family Blog, Hated It…

Not going to install Here OR the Business Blog, I’ll wait to see what the Next Version looks like…

I’m not going to give you a lot of screenshots and give you my impression about What I Hate about the two versions because I don’t want to influence your decision, there are plenty of other reviews out there to check out for that.

But, I did want to ask you Your Opinion about the latest WordPress Versions.

Sorry, there are no polls available at the moment.

Feel free to expand on your reasons in comments. And Thanks for taking the Poll!

If you are reading in the RSS feed, please click the Post Title to take the Poll.

May 29th, 2008 at 12:31pm | Posted by Joe | Attitude, Polls, WordPress | 13 reader remarks | Print This Post

The Best of Both Worlds: Blog AND Website

 Although this little series started as a two parter, Blog versus Website, things have changed a bit since the original posts were published.

There is a Third alternative now (well, it’s been around for a little while) and that is a Combination of Both using a single CMS (Content Management System).

WordPress has an option for using either a Static “Home Page” as you would expect from a normal static Website or having your Most Recent Post as your landing page. Either option is chosen with a single click and remains dynamic with frequent updates to the Blog portion of the site.

In my opinion, this is the best of both worlds for either a Business Site or a personal Blog.

Advantages:

~~ Static Landing Page for a Business to utilize as a main launch in any direction for various products and services you offer.

~~ No limit to pages you can use for showing off your wares, including using pictures, captions and new fangled things like video/pod casts to enhance your presentation.

~~ Using various Tags and Categories to enhance SEO for search engines, as well as frequently updated content that SE’s thrive on.

~~ You can allow feedback through comments to get immediate thoughts from your (potential) customers to see if something is working or if you need to make some changes before you invest too deeply in the product.

~~ You have a Blog. A way to talk about what is going on in the company, test the waters for something you are thinking about doing in the business, Communicate with your customers.

Disadvantages:

~~ None. As far as I can tell this is, as I mentioned earlier, the best of both worlds. You can change directions almost seamlessly if you so desire.

~~ Don’t make the same mistake I did and Start a Blog separately from the main Website. Once that is done, it is extremely difficult to merge them into one site.

When a client asks me whether they should start a Website or a Blog, I suggest they start Both at the same time, test the waters and see what works best for them and the vision they have for their business. I point them in the direction of an adaptable CMS like WordPress where the options are only limited by their imagination and they make the final decision on what best serves them.

Do you have any other suggestions for a good CMS? Other Advantages/Disadvantages you can think of? Please share.

May 20th, 2008 at 05:42pm | Posted by Joe | Blogging, Websites, WordPress | 2 reader remarks | Print This Post