Summer is officially here. Everyone has cleared out - nobody here but me and a couple of servers. Well, that's not entirely true. I'm just feeling secluded in the server closet this morning. The eHub needed a fresh start and what better time is there but summer?
We're planning to move from Blogger to WordPress...There are just so many things that frustrate me with Blogger.
The most frustrating being a lack of control over the input system. Although we can host the blogs on our own servers, the system that our students use to post is hosted on a server(s) somewhere beyond our control. This leads to unexplained downtime, mysterious feature 'upgrades' and no control over how or what the interface looks like. However, I remain steadfast in my belief that Blogger is a good place to start. It served its purpose, and helped our J-School get into the world of blogging and content management. For that, I am forever grateful for the months of good service Blogger provided. Could it be that we are just all grown-up and ready to move on to something new?
These are just a few of the reasons why we are exploring our options. And we have explored. Believe me. I found this list helpful in my search for the "perfect" blogging system.
I was personally looking forward to testing the Blojsom system that comes bundled with Tiger Server. However, after one night of playing around with it, I discovered it is even less flexible than Blogger.
So, WordPress it is. I like it because it uses opensource tools like php and MySQL. I also like the tweaking control that we have over templates and various settings. The only downside, right now WP cannot support multiple users with multiple individual blogs...unless of course, you install WP in every single user's directory. With more than 60 new users coming on board every semester, I just don't have time for this kind of installation. Instead, we're going to experiment with a Multimedia Reporting class blog this summer. Stay tuned.
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