Comments on: WordPress vs. Bloat. Introducing Habari.

By: franky

franky — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 04:08:58 +0000

Thanks, Lloyd. I love the new distraction free writing environment. It is a huge improvement and allows users to continue using the awesome power of WordPress, without getting distracted. Great work and an absolutely awesome addition to WordPress.

Zen was a great plugin, as I wrote extensively about on BloggingPro.

The new WP distraction free writing environment is an absolute killer!

By: Lloyd Budd

Lloyd Budd — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:51:00 +0000

A distraction free environment was added to WordPress just for you!
ref. http://tekartist.org/2011/04/29/upcoming-wordpress-3-2-distraction-free-writing-mode/

By: franky

franky — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 04:49:19 +0000

Hi Eric, I never really managed to switch, also due to a server move and incompatibility with Habari, but I truly agree with your analysis of WordPress.

I like Tumblr but I can not convince myself to not self-host my platform.

By: Eric E Lawrence

Eric E Lawrence — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 08:53:52 +0000

I used WordPress for some time and I have recently switched to Tumblr. WordPress was impossible to customize because of the million features I would never use and the one hundred I don’t even understand.

By: Kapea

Kapea — Thu, 26 May 2011 08:07:02 +0000

If your looking fir a fully flexible blog try squarespace. You can try it free for 14 days without having to enter credit card details.best of all it will import all your posts fir this blog.

By: Sean Brady

Sean Brady — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 04:06:37 +0000

Yes, I have used this software too, and it works pretty well for me. I think you will find getting rid of wordpress was one of the best things you’ve ever done!

By: franky

franky — Fri, 21 May 2010 19:25:25 +0000

Rob, I hear you. I myself made the switch from Blogger to WordPress early 2006. Before blogging I had mainly been working with 'full blown CMS' systems and both Blogger and WordPress were a very refreshing thing for me. I love WordPress and make a living from sites all using WP. The main rule though is: what is the most appropriate platform for what needs. Due to time constraints I still have not been able to switch and one might not notice it but this site has a rather complex setup, thanks to WordPress' flexibility and awesome possibilities: the home page has 3 different loops and two excluded categories, one of these categories is displayed differently and then there's the footer block setup. I know how to do it with other platforms but with WordPress it was really simple (admitted I've been using WP for years now). Until I find time to switch, I am happy to use the Zen plugin for WordPress and enjoy little to no noise while writing. And I feel good to have inspired the plugin author, even if probably less than 1%,

By: Rob O.

Rob O. — Wed, 19 May 2010 19:14:48 +0000

I stuck it out with a self-hosted (Classic) Blogger blog for a long time because i had found a theme that I liked well enough and had tweaked extensively. The biggest dra was that it was a single column, with all of the focus being placed on my non-monetized, non-widgetized, content.

Blogger forced my hand this month when they killed off the FTP publishing option, so I’ve migrated over to WordPress, but I’m still working hard to ensure that the content isn’t overpowered by all of the template fluff that pervades so many WP blogs.

I’ll grant you that WordPress may be overkill, but after years of being boxed in (due to my self-hosting choice) with Blogger, I’m sure appreciating the flexibility of the platform.

By: Phoebe Clarke

Phoebe Clarke — Sat, 01 May 2010 09:45:11 +0000

WordPress is the best blogging platform ever. It is much better than Typepad and blogspot.-.-

By: Introducing Zen: Distraction-free writing for WordPress // digitalize.ca

Introducing Zen: Distraction-free writing for WordPress // digitalize.ca — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:40:35 +0000

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By: franky

franky — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:28:57 +0000

Peter, porting Notesblog will be the first thing I do as soon as I’ve switched.

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:37:14 +0000

Can’t wait for the Notesblog for Habari port …

By: franky

franky — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:04:37 +0000

Tsalagi, sorry for the late reply somehow I did not receive a notification. The coding standards of Habari certainly are higher and the focus of Habari is to provide more bleeding edge support, so if you want to learn the latest, that’s where you have to be.

As for the license, it’s more than just the license. Habari is truly community decided. This sometimes takes a while and decisions could sometimes be made faster (but then the platform would not be community driven).

By: Tsalagi

Tsalagi — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:57:12 +0000

I’ve been learning WordPress as a catalyst to learning PHP. WordPress is very confusing when it comes to working with all of the Globals and ways to produce loops. The Codex sometimes doesn’t mesh with the way users and tutorials suggest implementing some of the code. Do you think that working with Habari will hasten my study of PHP?

In your article you state that one of the cons of Habari is “Apache 2.0 license: sometimes discussion, decision can take ages”. What does that mean?

Thanks for the review

By: Andy C

Andy C — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:31:36 +0000

I couldn’t agree more; particularly regarding the ‘Distraction Free Environment’. I just think the Habari post editor is a thing of great beauty.

By: franky

franky — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:49:40 +0000

No, not this site. This blog is very low profile and only has basic needs. I love WordPress but it is way too powerful for what I need for this site. Of course I will continue to make use of WordPress on a daily base and I will continue to use the platform for clients as well. But every site has its own specifics and they all can lead to a different platform being better for that site.

For many sites, WordPress is a great solution, for other Expression Engine might be more appropriate. For ifranky, Habari is the preferred (optimal?) option.

By: Ptah Dunbar

Ptah Dunbar — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:44:54 +0000

Your just going through a phase right now, you’ll be coming back to WP… :)

By: WordPress, bloat, and Habari

WordPress, bloat, and Habari — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:42:41 +0000

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