I hate WordPress.
I haven’t updated this in a little while and that’s mostly because I don’t really have anything to write out in the open like this these days. The other reason is that I really think I fucking hate WordPress (even though I really wanted to like it) and so in my head, I see no point in adding more things that I’m just going to delete later. Make sense?
My big beef with WordPress is that I don’t understand or like how they do hierarchies and I keep confusing myself in transferring content over from the old site, like what should I make a page and what should just be a post? And THEN what do I do with them after that? How do I link them all up? (Not physically what to click, just the order in which things should be laid out.)
My other issue with WordPress is that it has no personality (unlike LJ) and I’m having a really hard time trying to come up with a layout because I don’t understand how it all works and therefore I don’t even understand what’s possible. I looked at the themes available for download and they’re all ugly as sin or buggy in some way and I don’t know how to fix bugs, so I can’t maintain a buggy site. I just really hate this system of doing things, everything feels wrong about it.
At the same time, I don’t have the time or resources at the moment to make a new site, so I’m stuck with this motherfucker for a little while at least. *sigh*
I do like Gallery though, which Kevin also installed for me. I still have no idea how to make it all pretty-like, but adding stuff and organizing the albums seems easy enough. That can stay, this WordPress thing on the other hand…..grrrrr.
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THIS IS ONLY A TEST!
I’m still trying to figure out just what I’m logged into when I’m logged in! A few minutes ago, the lead post was something about how you’re worried in regard to your upcoming birthday. I went and changed my password, from the one I received via e-mail to one I can actually remember, I signed out and signed back in again with the new password; and now the lead post is something about WordPress. I’ll figure it out, eventually.
:oD
=^..^=
Comment by MisterCat — On 03-15-07 at 10:37 am
I had the biggest bitch of a time finding a WP theme that worked. I finally found one I liked, edited it to my tastes, and then when I started posting I found that I could only post three pictures in an entry before it broke the images. So I had to spend another hour searching for a theme, reworking it…blah blah blah.
My best advice is to stay away from the super-cool looking layouts, and just go with a simple one where you can easily switch out the header image with one you’ve made. It gives it some personality without being annoyingly complicated.
Comment by Katie — On 03-15-07 at 10:37 am