I’ve a confession…I have a blog account in WordPress also entitled Isla de Nebz. (Vomit if you want but at least I’m being honest). I haven’t updated it since March 2009.
I’ve another confession to make: Although most of my favorite blogs are ‘powered by Blogger‘, my favorite website is in WordPress (webdesignerwall).
Last confession: I’m contemplating in transferring my site to WordPress.
There. I said it.
My loyalty is now out in the open!
Notice this: Three of the PEBA Top 10 winners are via WordPress.
In my unpublished post about my predictions for PEBA 2009, I wrote: Let’s go WordPress next time! Why? Because I thought WordPress is a cool platform and clean and organized. Plus it has lots of cool gadgets that we can make use of.
Another upside is that it has cool Comments section. Did you notice how, everytime you visit a WordPress-based blog, you’d automatically find your name, email and website on the comment section? And all you need do is type up your comments? Isn’t it gracious?
Those in the Top 100 blogs (by Technocrati standard) use WordPress i.e. Smashing Magazine, Mashable and Perez Hilton. Only two of the 100 use Blogger: Postsecret and of course, Blogger. More info here.
The downside, based on my experience, is that it loads too slow (perhaps because it contains lots of codes) plus it’s difficult to maneuver unlike Blogger where everything is ‘pick and drop’: Want a widget, click ‘Add widget’. That easy.
I am not enticing you to transfer loyalty. In fact, you can read WordPress’ other downsides here.
I’m actually just teasing you. The truth is, I don’t have plans to jump ship. But what I plan is to use a WordPress-based design in the Blogger-based blog. How? See these cool themes from Deluxe Templates. Some of the coolest templates were originally WordPress converted for Blogger.
I am, in fact, keen in using one of these cool templates in my blog.
Turn Out Mag
Art Template
Georgia Article
Watercolor
Enjoy.
(I thought Typepad is also cool — I found out that oh-so-cool-and-inspirational Oh! Joy is using it. But I haven’t really fully tried it to make a decent comment about it’s usability). See for yourself which you think looks better. This same post is published both in Typepad and WordPress.
