Wordpress is so easy!
In all my experience of web development, I have never come accross a system as easy to use as WordPress. I’ve heard about it before, but never really thought much of it. A lot of people I know used it, along with thousands of others; but I always assumed it as ‘just another blog’. How wrong I was.
When compared with MovableType for ease of use, WordPress quite literally puts it to shame. I was ripping my hair out when trying to configure the previous system. For a start, it required a plugin in order to add plugins… What is the logic in that? Also, after reading an endless amount of articles on how to change the templates, I still could not get my head around how to do it. Putting the software aside, MT does not have the userbase that WP does: trying to find solutions for certain problems was near impossible.
I’m not sure how to explain this, but there is a certain positive vibe about this software. For some strange reason, configuring WordPress and adding plugins is quite exciting. I’m not sure why either. Maybe it’s because I don’t take easy for granted when it comes to the internet. Usually for something to work, a few hours of hard graft is required on my behalf. With this, everything just ‘works’, no fuss, it gets the job done without any need to worry.
This is the first time I have used WordPress; and as you can tell, it is certianly not my last.
