why i stoped using wordpress!

  • Abdessamad Idrissi

    (@numediaweb)


    15 years, 1 month ago

    I used to like wordpress before i even start using it! i did many comparissons with other tools then started using wp..
    Afterwards I started creating my own theme for wordpress using the template tags and it’s not easy; you must have a great css knowledge, and you must put background images in divs inorder to show em.. I succeeded on that part, but, the real hair-puling thing i wanted to achieve with wordpress was; use drop-list menues with multi-langual plugins!, it’s impossible:
    to make a drop-down list/menue, you should write static text for menue title, i.e:

    <li><a href="?page_id=276">Home</a></li>

    Then use css li ol to format the menu. The probleme with that, you can not translate static text (as on the above menu item title) dynamically, you can translate the content of the page/post and it’s title which are dynamic but not the actual menue title.
    this occurs because worpress template tags doesn’t have a class/tag to get spcefic category name or page name!

    all this frustrating time consuming problems drive me to a conclusion; stop using wordpress (learning from this handicap functionalities) and thinking of creating my own system.

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  • davethepak

    (@davethepak)

    15 years, 1 month ago

    That is an ambitious direction to take.

    I do not know about you, but if I found the tasks you describe to be challenging, I would say that “creating my own system” would be staggering in comparison and quite intimidating.

    But I am not a php pro, and would only rate my css skill level at “medium”.

    Best wishes to you, and once complete, please share!

    ~dpak

    Thread Starter Abdessamad Idrissi

    (@numediaweb)

    15 years, 1 month ago

    by “creating my own system” I mean, a simple dynamic site that is not limited to built in functions/classes (template tags): an easy simple to manage site structure that can be used easily with any other design, with uncentralized/limited methods, giving more power to the developer/designer to express easily their visions.

    WordPress is though a good bloging simple great system, but, it just dont make me happy with my visions (look to the case study abouve); peaople don’t like to be presoneers of code, wp says “code is poetry”, that will be true when wp let people write/design the poems the way they like.

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