Comments on: TypePad is Down http://www.annezelenka.com/2005/12/typepad-is-down a blog about the connected age Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:59:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Anne http://www.annezelenka.com/2005/12/typepad-is-down#comment-9 Anne Sun, 18 Dec 2005 00:30:12 +0000 http://www.annezelenka.com/testbed/2005/12/typepad-is-down#comment-9 See, I knew there were moms blogging with WordPress. I'm kind of annoyed with myself that I never knew about it until now. I feel like I'm not making my blogging decisions with enough research! When I went to the wordpress hosted blog site, it looked to me like anyone could sign up. If they did a "invite-only" start, that might explain why some tech gurus used it... it creates an aura of exclusivity that people like. If you are thinking about learning css and php to build your own skin, I think you qualify as something of a computer person! :-) See, I knew there were moms blogging with WordPress. I’m kind of annoyed with myself that I never knew about it until now. I feel like I’m not making my blogging decisions with enough research!

When I went to the wordpress hosted blog site, it looked to me like anyone could sign up. If they did a “invite-only” start, that might explain why some tech gurus used it… it creates an aura of exclusivity that people like.

If you are thinking about learning css and php to build your own skin, I think you qualify as something of a computer person! :-)

]]> By: Sara http://www.annezelenka.com/2005/12/typepad-is-down#comment-8 Sara Sat, 17 Dec 2005 19:57:03 +0000 http://www.annezelenka.com/testbed/2005/12/typepad-is-down#comment-8 I do Wordpress, hosted on my own space, on a server adminned by a relative of mine. He leaves all the details of what I do with Wordpress (and Coppermine, for my photos) to me, and I've managed on my own to upgrade it once, install a few plug-ins, and mess with templates (although right now I've reverted to the plain-and-simple template it originally came with, while I learn a bit more about CSS and php, the better to build my own skin for my site). And I'm *so* not a computer person. Wordpress.org looks like a very interesting option, though you can't do your own templates at this point -- it's relatively new and may still be running on a "you need an invite from a user to get in" system? I do Wordpress, hosted on my own space, on a server adminned by a relative of mine. He leaves all the details of what I do with Wordpress (and Coppermine, for my photos) to me, and I’ve managed on my own to upgrade it once, install a few plug-ins, and mess with templates (although right now I’ve reverted to the plain-and-simple template it originally came with, while I learn a bit more about CSS and php, the better to build my own skin for my site).

And I’m *so* not a computer person.

Wordpress.org looks like a very interesting option, though you can’t do your own templates at this point — it’s relatively new and may still be running on a “you need an invite from a user to get in” system?

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