http://tidbits.com/ There are Mac programs that can step in to fill the void left by iWeb, and there’s nothing wrong with using them. But Steve McCabe suggests a different direction — switching to the blogging and content management system WordPress, which offers features and extensibility that the iWeb/MobileMe combo could only dream about. en-us Copyright 2012 TidBITS Publishing Inc. Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:00:00 EST Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:00:00 EST editors@tidbits.com (TidBITS Editors) editors@tidbits.com (TidBITS Editors) http://tidbits.com/images/tb_logo_152x55.png http://tidbits.com/ 55 152 TidBITS badge http://db.tidbits.com/article/13404?rss#comments_16719 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:31:47 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13404#comments_16719 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13404?rss#comments_16647 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:39:48 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13404#comments_16647
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I still like the flexibility of design that iWeb offers]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13404?rss#comments_16624 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:53:58 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13404#comments_16624 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13404?rss#comments_16619 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:12:02 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13404#comments_16619
You failed to mention BackupBuddy in your article. I have tested this many times and found it to be a very reliable backup system. Frankly, I couldn't find any other system that worked as well. I have even used it successfully to back up WordPress multi-sites, a feature of WordPress that you failed to mention.

Overall, I think WordPress is the very best web publishing system that is currently available. I used to be a big RapidWeaver fan, but left it behind for a variety of reasons, mainly its weakness as a content management system. I never liked Dreamweaver, found it very poorly designed although I am a big fan of other Adobe products, like Photoshop and In Design.]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13404?rss#comments_16617 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:46:28 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13404#comments_16617
Using Wordpress is a fantastic idea: we've built every possible kind of custom site from shopping to insurance to political communities to cooking networks in Wordpress and Wordpress has never let us down.

Wordpress is the most popular CMS in the world and many of the world's most popular and advanced websites run on it.

More at http://foliovision.com/2011/04/drupal-vs-joomla-mambo-vs-wordpress

Thanks for the good overview Steve. We also recommend that people start at Wordpress.com, take advantage of the $18 offer for your own domain. Later when you have a successful site there's plenty of time to migrate into your own environment and/or order custom programming.

We take care of sites with millions of page views/month. At that point, whatever CMS you use, you'll want professional help.]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13404?rss#comments_16614 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:17:20 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13404#comments_16614 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13404?rss#comments_16605 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 07:09:06 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13404#comments_16605
Currently it's a multistep process that requires exporting from iPhoto, and then importing to WordPress after creating the gallery, compared to getting an album to facebook which is a couple of click process from within iPhoto.]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13404?rss#comments_16595 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 11:03:49 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13404#comments_16595 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13404?rss#comments_16591 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 22:18:02 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13404#comments_16591
I wish you had mentioned security. WordPress is so insecure and amorphous (an insecure plugin or PHP setting can expose your whole site) that running your own WordPress blog is very risky, and it's not possible to run WP with high assurance that it is and will remain secure.

That's the best reason to go with wordpress.com hosting.]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13404?rss#comments_16589 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 22:57:26 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13404#comments_16589
I have written an article about my experiences moving away from MobileMe:
http://www.mpainesyd.com/filechute/mobile_me2hostexcellence.pdf]]>