Monkey-Shines

Okay, WordPress is winning me over.  2.7 is very nice.  It automagically upgrades itself, plugins install over the web with the click of a button, plugins automagically upgrade over the web.

I still love my MovableType (it’s what I still run the blog for S. on) and I still am more comfortable with MT, but upgrading MT requires you to manually upload files and that can be a recipe for disaster.  Normally it goes off without a hitch, but there is still that possibility.

I don’t really have much of an opinion on the other WP stuff since MT and WP are similar in features, and comparing them is nearly pointless.  It’s six of one and a half dozen of another.  The automagical upgrades/install, however, are just about the coolest things I’ve seen in a while.

I hate WordPress. Not because I think it’s a bad product, but because I’m uncomfortable with it. I don’t like the way it does things, because I don’t know how it does things.

I come from the world of MovableType. My girlfriend uses it and I have used it several times in the past. I’m comfortable with it. I know where everything is. I know how the templates work, and I feel right at home digging around to make slight tweaks. I haven’t developed that with WordPress and that is why I often start with WP only to revert back to MT when things don’t go my way immediately.

I’m determined to continue this time. I want to learn more about WP and how it works, so I’m just going to fight through the pain of learning a new system. Good thing I’m already shaving my head, since the “pulled all my hair out” look doesn’t really work for me.

I just discovered where to edit the theme (while I was writing this post, as a matter of fact), so I’ll be digging into it later this week and over the weekend to tweak some things I don’t really care for and add a few things I would like.

I just decided to use WordPress for my blog this time through, and before I even get my first post up I’m questioning that decision.

I started trying to set up Akismet for comment spam prevention.  In order to do so I need a code that can be found in my WordPress account, or if I don’t have an account I’ll get one when I start an account.  no problem.  I’ve never really done a lot with WordPress, so I assumed I didn’t have an account and went to create where I was told my Username already existed.  No big deal I’ll just log on, I’m sure I can figure out which of my passwords I used or get it reset.  So I go to log in where I’m told my Username doesn’t exist.

Wait . . . What?  Let’s recap to make sure I heard that right.  I can’t create a new account because my Username exists, but I can’t log in to an existing account my Username name doesn’t exist.

Oi!