Friday 14 December 2007 by
Rich Roat writes in:
Today I decided taht I was going to do all of my blog posts on the old type- writer, [...] Wait, this might be a problem. Can Google search this text? Don't think so. [...] Need to talk to the folks over at Textpattern ab ut that.
Done. But don’t expect transcription services as part of the core any time soon.
Splendid! Older journalists, secretaries, pulp fiction writers and old folk everywhere will welcome this with open arms! Your gesture, Robert, is typical of the generous and far-sighted spirit inherent in Textpattern. Not only that but demography shows the number of old people will increase dramatically over the next two decades so this could also be a historic moment that will see a new audience, naturally yearning for the elegant simplicity that Textpattern exemplifies, come on board.
14 Dec 07
Peter
I don’t understand the significance of this post. Can someone explain to a newbie?
14 Dec 07
Eugene Chan
If you are a newbie to blogging, Eugene, Textpattern is so easy and simple and has such great support that it is easily your best choice. TXP is magic!
14 Dec 07
Peter
@Eugene – Or you could go with a blogging platform that is even more simple and has a TON more involvement from the open source community.
It’s called Wordpress.org
About 2 years ago, I was a huge TXP fan. Since the project died, I had to move my love elsewhere.
18 Dec 07
tim
Funny. I’m moving here from WordPress.
18 Dec 07
Jonathan
I really do love TXP but just look at the time lapse between developer blog posts.
That should be indication enough if you should use it :(
19 Dec 07
tim
tim, or whoever you are (you are not brave enough post a link) (and neither is Eugene. hmm…), you are a politician or a lawyer. In other words I cannot believe a word you say. You say you really love TXP yet you slag it off because of time lapse between developer blog posts. I guess that is your original reason for leaving txp – that the developers did not respond to your posts like you wanted? There are many just like you who will try and waste developers time. If you want attention then post something worthy of attention. “Since the project died” ?! What garbage is that? Who did you copy that from? It is nonsense.
Do yourself a favour and go back to blogging on your trypewriter. Unfounded criticism like yours shouldn’t see the light of day.
20 Dec 07
Peter
For me, a good indication for the health of a software product is the amount of code produced over time, while the frequency of developer blog posts hardly delivers any measure of relevancy.
20 Dec 07
Robert
Wordpress is complete and utter garbage. Wordpress had to hire away a textpattern developer to help them fix the mess that is Wordpress.
Wordpress = Embedded code? Need to learn PHP to use it? Lame.
P.S. And I’ll include my link.
23 Dec 07
Eric
Wordpress didn’t “hire away a textpattern developer”.
What happened was a core textpattern developer left b/c the project is dying and he went to go work for the best currently offering … which is Wordpress.
27 Dec 07
Jake
Alex (Zem) is the only one really knowing why he got a paid job working on Wordpress. Eric and Jake’s beliefs about Zem are just speculation.
Textpattern is not dying – did you get that idea from some rumour, Jake? ‘best currently offering’ is a matter of opinion and depends on your needs and wants and loyalties.
Why WP, with all those developers, should need to hire a txp developer seems to me to show a weakness with WP rather than TXP. But that’s speculation again.
Tis the season to be jolly, tra la la la la, la la la la. Enjoying our happy TXP community, WP fans?
27 Dec 07
Peter
Oops, I posted and then the holidays came and I didn’t get back here until now.
@peter – I’m a TXP user, can’t say I blog lots. But I like TXP. I was/am confused by this post. Is it announcing a new product or module?
@tim – No WP vs. TXP here please. Both are great platforms.
I’m still puzzled about this post. Is it just me? Is it tongue in cheek?
No worries. I’ll move on.
28 Dec 07
Eugene Chan
I thought you must be a typewriter user thinking of starting a blog, Eugene. But you’re already a TXP user… Now I’m confused too! ;oJ
Perhaps it’s a culture thing. This might give you an idea of where we are coming from :o^
29 Dec 07
Peter
WordPress trolls are hilarious. They flame on about the length of time between Textpattern updates, when most of the update notices for WordPress look like this one (for 2.3.2, released yesterday):
Yep, that’s some high-quality software right there.
31 Dec 07
Adam Messinger
when will be ready the new version ? i dont want to use wordpress. i love txp, but last update was 6 mo. ago ?
02 Jan 08
dooku
Textpattern is alive and kicking. At least the sites I built and am still building with this great CMS that saved me from learning PHP are. Thanks a lot!
The only thing TXP really lacks compared to WP are some fancy T-shirts for the community ;-)
04 Jan 08
Philipp Schilling
I just love TXP for it’s flexibility and ease of use. Still, athough I do believe TXP is still alive, one can easily get the impression that it’s dead. It’s a fact that people will judge the developments of the project on posts, versions etc. That’s why it might be a good idea to post a bit more. It’ll give people, who want to switch, extra confidence in TXP.
05 Jan 08
BARTdG
Man, I miss my old typewriter, an old office-sized, Underwood manual, probably from the 30s or 40s. We had lots of fun times together. I don’t think I would have gotten a job without its help, what with typing up cover letters for job applications every night for several years. After a few hundred, I conned someone into hiring me. Then there were the weekly articles for the local community theater group. I had strong fingers then.
I don’t know anything about WP. I find TxP is trivial to set up and get running in default mode. But getting it to look the way I wish, and to act the way I wish, is not trivial. The documentation is rather confusing. But then, perhaps it’s just because I have a “mature” brain.
07 Jan 08
larry p
The great thing about TXP is that it doesn’t need updates every couple of weeks. TXP is great as is.
As for ease of use… TXP is far easier to use than WP in every aspect.
14 Jan 08
qrayg
Rofl, right on the spot @Adam Messinger :)
Offtopic: I’ve tried quite some systems in the past, but kept jumping around to others till i found Textpattern, love on first sight. I did try WP for a day or 2 not so long ago, sooo depressing.
Ontopic: And i have no idea indeed, amusing me though!
15 Jan 08
laen
@Adam
What you described happens with any highly used product.
Maybe one day enough people will starting using TXP for hackers to start targeting it.
22 Jan 08
Jimmy L