Saturday, June 11, 2011

Posting by email vs. moving to wordpress

Hello my loves!  Today I ran a 10k, and it seems to have re-ignited my blogging brain. I've been having a serious case of block and work-time-suck lately.

However!  Here I am, writing a quick post from my email (to see if it works, alas), though I'm in a great debate.

I am moving to a new country. A country where they apparently sometimes shut down blogs, especially blogger, and I fear my ability to post regularly, which I plan on and want to do.

So I ventured into setting up a wordpress version of this little corner of the cyberwebs.  The verdict?  

I hate it.



All of the free templates either limit the usage of my own header (it makes it all fuzzy!), my own tabs, or my own general artistic feelings.  See, I can't edit the CSS (unless I pay?!), and thus can't really adjust the width of the template, the color of the text, the SIZE of the text, for goodness sake, or really anything.  And that pissed me off, after editing and adjusting this here little blog to my heart's desire.

A while ago, I'd considered switching to wordpress and paying a designer to help out.  I LOVE Joy's (fellow bee Poodle's) gorgeous, unique, and well-crafted designs, but in recent weeks, her prices have increased to a place that a pre-Peace Corps girl just can't afford.  Which completely sucks.

I thought I'd love WP if I tried it out- I love that you can reply to comments.  I love the interface for posting/etc.  But, I just don't love the lack of customization available to non-paying .com users. 

Which, I think, leads me back to hopefully being able to blog via email.

Here goes nothing!
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8 comments:

  1. tamaraJune 11, 2011 at 4:13 PM

    hmmm... i was on blogger for a long time and got fed up with it and moved to tumblr. i'm really happy there; i'm pretty sure you can change CSS features, but it is geared toward a more short-form blog than one with a lot of content, like yours tends to have. (BTW, I haven't been over on the site in a while as I read from google reader, I LOVE your new header.) good luck figuring out what works! i'm so excited to read about y'all's peace corps adventures, my ex was a RPCV and it's a really admirable thing to do.

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  2. KateJune 11, 2011 at 4:18 PM

    Thank you tamara, for the header and PC comment! I also like tumblr, exactly for the reasons you said- I agree that I'm too content heavy for that great site though :)

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  3. Jessica LynnJune 12, 2011 at 11:15 AM

    Looks like posting from your email worked just fine! I also like WP, but ONLY for the ability to reply to comments...not a fan of anything else from them.

    hope this works for you!

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  4. aprilJune 12, 2011 at 11:42 AM

    I am switching to wordpress here in the next couple weeks... I wanted to through Joy again (she did my current blogger layout) but I absolutely cannot afford her new prices... although she's a little cheaper then some(almost $600 for a wordpress design)... I'm not sure I understand why it's so much... that's more then my Mortgage payment every month!!

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  5. LaylaJune 12, 2011 at 4:57 PM

    I was going to switch to WP after Blogger starting acting a fool lately, but want to take my current design with me, and yeah...Joy is expensive now, and she designed my current blog. :( So I'm stuck at Blogger until I can find someone to design a new template for a WP blog that I can actually afford. Or until I learn how to do it myself (ha! yeah right).

    Either way, looks like it worked well from email!

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  6. Kira @ hernewleafJune 12, 2011 at 7:09 PM

    I moved mine to WP a few months ago and love it actually. It does really stink that you can't edit CSS but I worked around one of the free templates adding a background, header, and editing the sidebar. I think it looks different enough from other blogs using the same template and it's still free, so for me, it's good enough for now. Hopefully you find something that works for you!

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  7. Micah and CatherineJune 14, 2011 at 9:35 AM

    I'm having the same problem. I think I may stick to blogger for a while until I can figure out what to do next.

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  8. fromscratchblogJune 15, 2011 at 5:41 PM

    I'm on WP, and while I love a lot of its features, you're right - it definitely lacks in the free customization for free area. Good luck with whatever you decide - I'd love to have Joy design a template for me, too...but you're right - it's a little pricey for something I consider a hobby.

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