WordPress

But if they knew the back end wouldn't they also know how to maintain the front end? - Shevonne

Not necessarily. The majority of downright ugly websites look beautiful to their creators. Much like the ugly baby is to its mother. - Gilbert Harding

I don't want to be mean and post the blog I am referring to, but it wasn't even the design. They just used the default template, didn't add anything to it except posts that aren't even formatted. - Shevonne

Not necessarily... someone might be an expert on SEO; or know WP inside out; be intimately familiar with the syntax and function of CSS; and be a PHP ninja, but not have a creative bone in their body. The flip side of that would be someone who can create the most gorgeous looking sites, but not know what's going on behind the scenes. As Rasheen, says, it depends on the nature of their advice... Do you have a URL you can share with us? - Andrew Terry

Maybe you all are right. - Shevonne

O.K. so now you've got me worried, as I'm 'TRYING' to get my "UGLY" web site turned into word press this weekend and have NO clue what to do till I get into it and through up my hands. If you know of any URL sites for the "Beginner" for WordPress I'd be most grateful! - Laurel Chase-Dunn

been using this as well - love it - andy brudtkuhl

I use it. I like it. Just wish there was an easier way to change the calendar icons and allow for thumbnails. Of course, that would immediately reduce the loading speed… - Jason Theodor

oh, now that looks good app. - Malinda Routhier

Wow, so wifi is faster than edge. ;-P Who would have thought it ;-). In all seriousness it depends on the carrier though. - Richard A. via fftogo

I've been searching for themes that work well with mobile for the last couple of hours. Thanks for solving my problem. - Bret Rowe

Susan: I just requested an invite from the actual site and i received one the next day - did you try filling the form? or are they not allowing you without one? - Aline Ohannessian

Aline - I too completed the form, but no invite (yet!) - Susan Beebe

Susan: I'm sure you'll get one soon :o) - Blessings - Aline Ohannessian

Got invite!!! Seems to work only with "Blogger" platform, not WP, TypePad yet ...hmm - Susan Beebe

I got it and found that out too, I guess we'll have to wait until it comes out for the other platforms. - James Stratford

I would like one too. I could *try* to make one, but I'm not *that* good with PHP. I don't know. Hit me a comment if you find one! - Jake Mulley

No luck so far, and not able to get ahold of Glenn or Gurkan. - Stephen Mack

Backtype connect works great for me - Jorge "JungleG" Escobar

I use it with Windows Live Writer and it definitely works wonders and makes writing, tagging and linking a LOT easier. That said, I think it adversely afffects WLW's stability, but not enough for me to stop using it - LANjackal

@LANjackal appreciate your input! i'm thinking of using a server-side plug-in for wordpress - Blessings :) - Aline Ohannessian

Shevonne - I backup daily, but thanks for the reminder! - Justin Korn

Disable all your plugins before the upgrade, that's all. It's good to go. - Bryan Villarin

Bryan - I think the auto update disables them all for you... - Justin Korn

Bryan brought up a good point. After the upgrade, don't forget to update your plugins. A lot of them need to be updated or they wont work - Shevonne

Updated...no issues...yeah! - Justin Korn

I'm a little late, but the only reason I can think of to stay at 2.7x is that neither of the FriendFeed-comment integration plugins seem to work with 2.8. - Stephen Mack

Too late, but I wasn't using that plugin right now anyway. I'm currently using BackType. Thanks for chiming in Stephen. - Justin Korn

I may switch to BackType -- do you recommend it? - Stephen Mack

Stephen - I've only been using it for a month or so, but the support is AWESOME and it is simple to setup. I was using DISQUS before and wasn't too happy with the SPAM filtering and I couldn't seem to get the FriendFeed integration working right. - Justin Korn

Just had to deactivate my MiniMeta Widget :( Didn't seem to be working properly and was causing issues. - Justin Korn

I tried to upgrade, but it blocks on the "downloading" step. Any idea? - Stanislas Jourdan

Stanislas - I'll need more information to help you out. Are you using the WordPress Autoupdate plugin to upgrade? If so, are you getting any messages? My first guess is, you need to give write acesss to your wordpress directory temporarily for the update to work. - Justin Korn

I just tried this plugin but it does not work either. I don't get any message : it just does not answer back after more than one hour. I'm using the french version 2.7 with the inove theme 1.4. - Stanislas Jourdan