Wordpress
So, I've been taking a second look at wordpress lately and I am thinking of defecting. Main reasons:
- Inclusion of Magpie, which I use for the feeds below. Caches results into the database instead of writing a file.
- Written in PHP, so it's very easily customizable.
- The Markdown plugin seems to actually work, unlike the MT version I tried to install.
- A lot of the little annoyances I found with it in the early versions are now gone. (cleaner code, more sensible control panel).
- open source instead of single-user licence.
Only thing it lacks that I really want, however, is Typekey integration. You can ask users to register for your site before commenting, but I doubt anyone would really do that for yet another site. I'm thinking it's more likely that they would have already registered with Typekey, however. I tried taking a look at the PHP-Typekey API, but I think dreamhost doesn't have PHP complied with GMP, so no dice there. I have also been trying to get the Perl client to work, but my extreme lack of perl knowledge is an impediment. Also, I don't think I have Crypt::DSA installed, which I will have to look into. Until I can figure this problem out, I will stay with MT, but I am starting to see the grass grow greener on the other side.
EDIT: Ok, ok, given recent events, I guess that grass looks a little yellow now.