Comments on: Why on earth would you want a website?

By: Costy

Costy — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 22:59:35 +0000

Most of the webmasters, create their sites just for money.

By: James

James — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 05:49:08 +0000

I agree, it is a shame that 2.0 is less accessible.

By: Linda

Linda — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 21:32:51 +0000

I’m a blind user and have several sites running on WP 1.5, which I love. I’m impressed with the changes in 2.0, but it is not accessible with a screen reader, because of the “drag” boxes instead of check boxes. I was very surprised and disappointed to see that was overlooked with this new release. However, with WP 1.5, even I can fully set up a website in quick order. I just need help if I want to change the templates (someone to tell me what they look like).

By: Pat

Pat — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 06:34:12 +0000

I still don’t understand the technical differences between a blog and website? I’m thinking of setting up a site that will be about 6 pages or so, with mostly just text, a basic black background, and a cheap logo. Sounds perfect for a simple blog, but my concern is that I’m also going to have 4 short films that I want people to be able to watch, ranging from a half-hour to 10 minutes. Can that kind of stuff fit on a blog? Or should I make a blog for that text, and have a seperate hosting space (or whatever you call it) for the films? If anyone can answer me, my address is jpkirby3@msn.com. Thanks.
Pat

By: Jauhari

Jauhari — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 01:14:34 +0000

Excelent

By: James

James — Sat, 11 Jun 2005 10:36:44 +0000

Excellent, thanks for that Mark… best - plugin - eva !

By: Mark J

Mark J — Sat, 11 Jun 2005 09:53:51 +0000

of course I was going to use WordPress to put it together, why would I waste my time and expend my energy on doing it any other way?

Hear hear! WordPress’s Pages feature, in particular, allows sites of any type to be handled by WordPress.

By the way, updated link for Subscribe to Comments 2, which I’ve moved into beta: http://txfx.net/code/wordpress/subscribe-to-comments/

By: Madolyn

Madolyn — Sat, 11 Jun 2005 09:24:26 +0000

I’m some kind of Luddite, I know, but WordPress can’t actually do everything for me. I love it a lot, but not all of my content is capable of being ‘in blog format’ and working as a site. It’s a good point, and I’d like to say “for the masses, sure”, but it isn’t going ot make *everybody* happy.

By: James

James — Sat, 11 Jun 2005 09:22:48 +0000

Thanks for the comments guys, and welcome to any new photomatt visitors :o)

I guess one of the things I was trying to say (going back to Oliver) is that a couple of years ago, without a keen interest in Manila, it would have been a selection based on purpose… now it just covers every base, esp. with tools like FeedWordPress in the works.

One of the things I’ve been mulling over since putting this up is the question of whether WP could do with another layer of organisation in the pages area and/or some sort of file structuring (breadcrumb-esque) tags for the template. Having put up a fair whack of content on some sites (100 plus pages on the conference site http://incsub.org/blogtalk) the more help in this area the better I reckon!

subscribe to comments 2.0 for the comment options here if anyone’s interested: http://txfx.net/2005/03/28/wp-subscribe-to-comments-20-alpha-2/

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