Comments on: WordPress Vs. Textpattern

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:12:12 +0000

Hey Elisabeth,

There will definitely be an adjustment for you switching over to Textpattern. The first thing you’ll notice is the admin, it’s a bit different (and not too pretty!), but if you’re just writing articles and editing content you should be able to get around.

The first thing you may want to do is what Jim mentioned above. Installing a WYSIWYG editor might help you with the switch as well. Here’s a link to download the plug-in: http://textpattern.org/plugins/505/hak_tinymce.

I’m mainly a WordPress person myself now.

By: Elisabeth

Elisabeth — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:41:48 +0000

Hi – this is an apt blog, thank you!

I am a WordPress blogger – it is gloriously user-friendly for a non-tecchie such as myself.

The website I edit may be rebuilt in Textpattern – will I get along with it as easily as I do WordPress? That is my question.

Elisabeth

By: MasterMind

MasterMind — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:45:14 +0000

I like this review and i do perfer TXP over WP now, its really good and easy to use (i perfer textile lol). Im also going to buy the book when i get the chance. VERY HELPFULL THANKS SO MUCH

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:43:22 +0000

One major selling point for Textpattern is that it allows non-programmers to define dynamic behaviours which can be much more sophisticated than simple listing of articles.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:34:38 +0000

Thanks for your helpful post. No need to get hung up on Textile; there’s a TinyMCE plugin for TXP that provides WordPress-like WYSIWYG editing:

http://www.hakjoon.com/code/haktinymce

By: hassan

hassan — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:33:44 +0000

Recently Chris Coyer at CSS-Tricks created an screencast about using wordpress as a CMS. I think wordpress in enough flexible to fit any need. Also, for us that our language is not english, localized is important. which, wordpress is localized for Farsi and TXP not.
Thanks for your breakdown!

By: Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy — Tue, 27 May 2008 01:31:20 +0000

WordPress is very flexible and I think you can do more than just blog. I’ve tried using TextPattern first but the time I have to study it is just not worth it. But when I started using WordPress, I’ve found out that it’s not just another blog software. By using the loops you can customize it and feature different blogs according to your specified category.

By: Robert Spangler

Robert Spangler — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:55:41 +0000

@Mark: I would say it definitely depends on your specific needs.

For example If you’re running a business site with the need to post multiple articles, look more into TextPattern; if it’s a simple blog, probably go with WordPress; if it’s enterprise level, ExpressionEngine may be the better solution. Your best bet is to run through each system’s features and make your decision from there. I don’t think there’s really a silver bullet CMS that I’ve seen so far (unfortunately!)

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:33:41 +0000

I have been doing some research on CMS:s, in order to be able to choose the best for me. I am a seasoned php coder who is simply too lazy to build himself what can be obtained ready, and I’m looking for good customization/integration capability. Would Textpattern suit to my needs best? What about EE?

By: steve lam

steve lam — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:55:24 +0000

just to clear up any confusion, i use textpattern for all of my sites and not once have i had to resort to any textiling. its purely optional and there for convenience, though i will be the first to admit that i hate textile (but i love txp!)