kitchen table math, the sequel: Getting creaky

Monday, March 17, 2014

Getting creaky

This blogger interface is getting seriously creaky. It's ancient; no one's updated the code in a gazillion years, and glitches I can't fix crop up.

The latest: I no longer see the "Sign in" menu at the top right-hand side of the screen.

Does anyone have any opinions on the possibility of moving to Wordpress?

I've been using Wordpress for quite a while now, and I love it.

Among other things, on Wordpress I can attach pdfs files.

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14 comments:

palisadesk said...

Catherine, try a different browser perhaps. I am using Chrome and see the sign-in menu in its usual place.

I don't like Wordpress myself, at least for comments (doesn't let you preview them, at least on Joanne Jacobs' site), and I haven't seen any Wordpress blogs with the kind of linke etc. you have on this one.

March 17, 2014 at 12:30 PM
Unknown said...

My first time ever visiting your site, but as a web developer I can chime in here:

WordPress is the most popular blogging platform (last I heard), and with good reason. It is incredibly powerful, and flexible. You can make something simple, or fancy, whatever you want. Everything you have here, could be duplicated and perhaps even enhanced in WordPress.

However, it would cost time and perhaps money, and you'll have to decide whether that's worth it to you. That said, if you're going to migrate *anywhere*, WordPress would be my first recommendation, hands down.

Also, I am looking forward to exploring your archives, both through a personal interest in education and pedagogy, and because my fiance is getting her multi-subject credential right now... :-)

Luke

March 17, 2014 at 12:53 PM
Unknown said...

Sorry, I missed the part about how you already use WordPress. So the question is how to migrate. I looked up a few articles on the subject; it certainly can be done, although there are perhaps some tricky parts. Best of luck! :-)

March 17, 2014 at 12:55 PM
Unknown said...

*Sigh*...

So, your blog is very depressing. :-/ But I'm pretty used to that these days when it comes to the subject of education. It's always worse than you think, indeed.

March 17, 2014 at 1:10 PM
Crystal Paradis said...

I just moved my blog from Blogger to WordPress. I was very nervous, but it was actually very easy! There are plug-ins available that do all the importing for you. I've had some trouble re-routing the permalinks of old posts to the new Wordpress ones, but I'm seeking help on that...

I definitely say go for it! Blogger is dying. I wouldn't be surprised if they folded, once they hooked up a massive (and probably messy) auto-export feature to something like WordPress.

March 17, 2014 at 1:33 PM
Kevin said...

Blogger has had the worst problems with comments of any blogging platform I've commented on. For several months I stopped reading any blogger blogs, because it was so frustrating that they didn't work right.

Wordpress.com provides free Wordpress blogs that seem to work quite well (I'm up to 1292 posts on my gasstationwithoutpumps.wordpress.com blog) They supposedly provide a good import capability for moving blogs from other platforms, but I've not used it.

I highly recommend getting off of blogger. Two years ago would have been the right time to do so...the ship is almost completely sunk now.

March 17, 2014 at 3:22 PM
jmay said...

I strongly encourage a switch, and Wordpress would be the best place to go. I'm willing to help, if any assistance is needed.

March 18, 2014 at 9:24 AM
Catherine Johnson said...

Hi, Luke!

I'm laughing.... (thanks for the advice)...laughing over the part where you've read some of the posts...

March 18, 2014 at 12:24 PM
Catherine Johnson said...

Blogger is driving me crazy.

I was thinking I would just leave this here, and start fresh on Wordpress...but I suppose if they've got a Big Fat Import Button I can hit that.

March 18, 2014 at 12:25 PM
Catherine Johnson said...

Any preferences for themes?

March 18, 2014 at 12:26 PM
Catherine Johnson said...

Can't believe Wordpress doesn't have comment previews...I'm trying to remember whether historinhas has previews...

March 18, 2014 at 12:26 PM
Catherine Johnson said...

Why is blogger dying?

Anybody know?

March 18, 2014 at 12:27 PM
Anonymous said...

Google poisoning.

March 18, 2014 at 1:20 PM
jmay said...

If Wordpress doesn't by default have comment previews, then you can install it as a plugin: http://wordpress.org/plugins/live-comment-preview/

March 18, 2014 at 3:07 PM

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