I suppose, seeing as though I’m a web developer, my first post on my new WordPress blog should be about WordPress.
I first encountered WordPress a number of years ago when I was working on a project that never took off. I was intrigued by the idea of a simple interface for bloggers, and especially the multi-blog features.
Last year I took on a large project that I ended up basing on the Joomla framework. That was a very interesting experience. I found some parts of Joomla to be fantastic for giving me a platform on which to create, but other times it was a stifling mass of code. In particular, I needed to create registration forms with numerous fields. I spent a significant amount of time downloading, installing, testing, and rejecting various Joomla form components. I decided that I didn’t like any of them. Mostly, it was the clunky way you created new forms. They were trying so hard to create dynamic interfaces, but none of them were something I felt comfortable putting in front of the client without giving them a week long seminar in how to use it. » Read the rest of this entry «
