Comments on: Blog Herald tests Wordpress.com

By: Lorelle

Lorelle — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 23:42:00 +0000

Actually, while you may find the “lack of tweakability” a problem, I find it liberating. Instead of obsessing on tweaking the theme, getting each pixel right, and test driving dozens of plugins, all the energy goes into the content.

WordPressMU sites like wordpress.com will be excellent for new bloggers who are into content and into easy. And then when they grow out of easy and want to get into the tweak, they can spend the money for server space and install the full version. I see it as WordPress 101 growing up into WordPress 401.

By: Andrew » Heralding WordPress.com

Andrew » Heralding WordPress.com — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 15:06:02 +0000

[...] I see, via Darren, that there’s an article about WordPress.com at The Blog Herald. Duncan’s early assessment is that it is looking fine. I agree with that. I also agree with his remark on customization, or the lack thereof. For a current WordPress user this is going to come as the biggest shock, but I have read somewhere that this might be standard: basically there is no ability, at least at this stage to tweak a template… I’m sure I read Matt Mullenweg saying that the whole customize your blog market is not what they are aiming for with this service, which is fair enough, although in later releases I’d be suggesting at least some basic customization options, because even a new blogger is eventually going to want to play with the look of their blog. [...]

By: Markus

Markus — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 11:20:58 +0000

alpha releases, that do work are not the standard. You can blog and you have some options to change. This is a alpha version of an service AND the alpha version of the new wordpress version 1.6.

Keep this in mind while testing (and inform us about everything!)

By: IO ERROR

IO ERROR — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 02:00:25 +0000

@Chris: You should definitely seek support before moving away from WordPress. You won’t find a more helpful and supportive community anywhere. And they can often answer even the most obscure questions. No other platform I have ever seen has such a devoted following.

WordPress.com is a different beast altogether. Not many people are on it, so few know how it differs from mainline WordPress. I’m one of the few who is both on it, and know how it is different.

It’s true that there’s no (current) way to tweak the theme or to upload a custom theme. But work is underway to remove this limitation, and I’m sure I’ll have an update at my WordPress.com blog when it goes into testing.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 21:53:14 +0000

Don’t worry, we’ll definitely address pro-bloggers. If you want to try out the alpha drop me an email or catch me on AIM.

By: Chris Dorr

Chris Dorr — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 19:42:05 +0000

Best of luck to you. I’m growing a bit frustrated with WordPress. I won’t go into all the details but it’s getting close to being replaced with another option!