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27th April 2006

Wordpress is a winner



Categories : Housekeeping |

A few weeks down the track and I’m still loving this Wordpress blogging system. Thanks to the plugin archtecture and drag and drop sidebar ‘widgets’ I can quickly and easily make customisations to the blog and adjust the layout. Just a few of the new features I’ve added over the last week or two which you may or may not have noticed include :

  • Recent itunes (Left sidebar) - list of the most recent tracks played in iTunes
  • Current albums (L) - the current CDs I have on rotation
  • Scripture (R) - daily Bible readings, taken from the Warnbro Church site via RSS.
  • Stats (L) - Daily and total stats (although this plugin is a bit unreliable)
  • Weather (R) - shows the current weather conditions for Perth
  • Recent Comments (R) - more detailed recent comments section
  • Ancient History (R) - shows posts from 1,2 & 3 years ago today (if they exist). I like this one!
  • Plugins list (L) - Lists all the wordpress plugins I currently have active

The other thing to note about Wordpress is it’s flawless (to-date) performance in stopping spam comments and trackbacks. The ‘Akismet’ plugin has so far stopped 601 spams without a single error, and no tweaking or training required! It’s excellent.

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There are currently 8 responses to “Wordpress is a winner”

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  1. 1 On April 28th, 2006, ob said:

    the spam thing alone has me interested because MT seems to allow a lot of crud to get through.

  2. 2 On April 28th, 2006, baggas said:

    Yeh I’ve noticed a bit on your blog lately.

    Give Wordpress a try - migrating from MT is quite straightforward, just export all your old MT entries and import in WP. Installation, and then adding plugins and tweaking themes, layouts etc is a breeze

  3. 3 On May 23rd, 2006, Weblog Tools Collection » Wordpress is a winner said:

    […] Wordpress is a winner A few weeks down the track and I’m still loving this Wordpress blogging system. Thanks to the plugin archtecture and drag and drop sidebar ‘widgets’ I can quickly and easily make customisations to the blog and adjust the layout. and The other thing to note about Wordpress is it’s flawless (to-date) performance in stopping spam comments and trackbacks. The ‘Akismet’ plugin has so far stopped 601 spams without a single error, and no tweaking or training required! It’s excellent. Nice to hear such kind words.   Related Posts from the Past: […]

  4. 4 On May 23rd, 2006, Pujiono said:

    I am a newbie in blogosphere and I use WP since the beginning. I will not look another blogging system. WP rocks.

  5. 5 On May 24th, 2006, Blaze said:

    Wordpress does indeed, rock :D

  6. 6 On May 28th, 2006, David Lancelot said:

    Wordpres is the best bloggingsystem there is :)

  7. 7 On May 28th, 2006, kulimboy said:

    I am newbie in website building.. I have try to use e107,xoops and joomla but lastly i found that wordpress is the best CMS for a novice blogger like me. Many pluggin and excellent support that make Wordpress shine. Give it a try newbie!!

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