non biased one for a change…
Short, sweet and mostly right. Seems like their primary problem with WP was lack of documentation and that sounds about right. 1.0.2 is lacking a few features that I was very used to with MT, but 1.2 will cover most, if not all, problem areas. I can’t wait for 1.2 😉 Those couple of weeks have really strecthed out.
Lastly, I want ecto and WP to work! Right now I can’t get them to work right and people who got it working keep complaining about various problems.
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This will get WP some needed coverage.
OT, the review was on the dot for the most part. And he’s definitely right about the lack of documentation, but I know that’s being addressed right now. Perhaps a submittal of re-review then would be in order?
The review is ok, but the how-to guide is just bizarre:
If you have knowledge in PHP, Perl and MySQL, this is a great platform to use for bloggers.
Hard to see how a knowledge of Perl has any bearing on your ability to install a tool that doesn’t use it…
@nsxpower, with any luck, we should have some more documentation for 1.2. 🙂
@willm, that just cracked me up. Nice catch, perl indeed! The reviewer must have sorta assumed that perl is essential for blogs or something, thanks to eMpTy.
@2fargon: MT does not require Perl knowledge.
@willm: WP uses would benefit from some basic PHP and MySQL skills, or much better documentation.
@nsxpower : I was just quoting MT :
http://movabletype.org/requirements.shtml
Considering using Movable Type but not sure where to start?
First, be sure that you’re comfortable installing and configuing a Perl script on a web server.
I found the article How to set up a blog with WordPress, found here: http://weblogs.about.com/cs/tutorials/ht/wordpress.htm
Difficulty hard? That is just crazy talk. Along with the “You need your own Server” bit. But the article itself was accurate and fair.
@Jesuit: Hard? Whoot! WP is installed in the same directory, most people should not any issues with permissions etc. MT, on the other hand, is intalled in different directories (your CGI-BIN and HTML root), requires you to upload files in particular mode (binary upload breaks perl) and there are plenty of places where a novice can screw up when configuring his first blog … And unless you are using TypePad you would need your own server too.
i dont really know (don’t know..) MySQL and PHP…and I’m managing just fine with WP…
@nsxpower: basic hosting is not the same as having your own server. Wish I had my own server 🙂 Also I wasn’t disputing the need for basic PHP and mySQL, just the need for Perl, so not quite sure why you mentioned that.
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@willm. You are just too subtle I guess:-)
