This might as well be my last entry completely related or dedicated to WP. I am sure I will mention it here and there in the future, but it would have to be something very important for me to talk about it exclusively in one entry. #
As the few of you know, I used to run Movable Type (MT) and I was happy with it. The only thing that always bothered me was the rebuild times, which were getting bigger and bigger and the fact the every comment posted would take from 2 to 5 minutes to go through. Certainly not a good thing™. #
So I decided to give WP a try. Installation was a breeze, no doubts about that, and I loved –from the very begining– the light feeling that came with it. Light is in fast. WP is simple to install, even simple to modify, yet quite powerful. And it is totally dynamic. Yes, I know MT has shipped for quite a while with a file that will allow dynamic serving, but that does not even get close. It is buggy, slow; forget it! #
I ported my all CSS over. It took me a while, since I wanted to bring over CSS only and not the table based layout that I have before. WP imported all my previous MT entries without a hitch –well, almost. The rest was customize a few things (HTML things), add the Acronym, Eric Meyer Next and previous, Adam Gessaman Rewrite MT archives, Nicer Archives (for the archives, of course), and some other default plugins and my WP migration was almost done. Since I wanted clean URI’s on pagination –on the front page, categories and monthly archives, I am running 1.3 pre-alpha (from the CVS), which already allows that. I am also using Anne (yes, he is a guy) comments preview hack, which doesn’t only allows for a comment preview but it does a very nice job at error handling, something WP itself lacks of. WP comes with comments moderation but I am not using it… for now. #
The header images do not correspond with posts now as they used to, but they are randomly served and I am sporting a brand new contact form, for easy getting in touch. I am also “serving” valid RSS 2.0 (Posts and Comments), Atom 0.3 and CDF (bottom right). You can also add /feed/ at the end of any individual entry to get the comments RSS 2.0 feed for just that entry. Same applies to categories and months archives. Must of the imported entries from MT have wrong dates and times on the RSS feed. Hey, nothing is perfect! #
And that’s about it. Any questions, comments, suggestions? #
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Eventually you will have to move your archive list on the right menu. It will just keep getting longer every month. What about putting up a quick link section or so? Nice that WP serves Atom, I’m still working on how to get the date formats right.
— Darice de Cuba #
Yes, eventually I will remove the links for monthly archives and, if possible, put yearly archives links instead, for example.
Quick link section? You mean, links to other sites I visit? If it is that, I already have one, just before the search. If it is the archives, from the top menu you can reach them. Please let me know.
Nice photos from the Aruba carnival, btw!
— David Collantes #
I mean links to other articles, etc you find interesting. But that’s just an idea…. :)
— Darice de Cuba #
Oh, I see what you mean, Darice. What I will do is to use a simple PHP include to read the RSS from the site I read and print an excerpt on the side. I need to think on how I am going to present it and how many sites to add. Also, I would have to implement something that caches the feeds for certain amount of time, so connections are not made every time someone loads the pages here.
It is an interesting idea. I will work on it… after the server move :-)
Cheers!
— David Collantes #
Seems like we’ve been doing the exact same thing :) I’ve moved from MT to WP as well, loving every minute of it, and at the same time recoded my site to get rid of all the tables… :)
Nice layout, very clean! Like it a lot.
— weefselkweekje #
Darice, got the Quicklinks working. They are also on the side of every page (I am still keeping the monthly archives, but eventually they will go away). Let see how it goes…
For #6, thanks! Your site is quite nice looking too!
— David Collantes #
The quicklinks look good. did you hack it or does the newer version contain monthly archives for the links (i assume you’re using wp’s link for this feature). if so, mail me!
— Joey #
Joey, on the Quicklinks I am using Markku excellent recent-links plugin. You can find it at Projects: Recent-links.
Enjoy!
— David Collantes #
Well done! :)
— Darice de Cuba #
I love your site. WP is the greatest tool alive, indeed. But I love it when people modify it a bit.
I wonder why you texturize your allowed HTML tags though…
P.S.: This is a test: My favourite tracks are “40 ft”, “Cheating on You”, “Michael”, and, of course, “Take Me Out”.
P.P.S.: www. is deprecated, so make your site class B.
— Mattias Bryneson #
I believe I passed all test without problems, right? Sorry for the moderation… :-)
— David Collantes #
Actually, you are right about the quotes. I am going to modify as you advise over your site and see how it goes.
— David Collantes #
Nice implementation of WP, one of the best I’ve seen so far!
I’d love it if you would do an entry/article on your implementation of your changing header images in WP. That would be helpful to many.
— Brian Poirier #
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