Software frustration
Blogger is beginning to annoy me. I do not like the cludgy interface it offers for entering in posts, so I found a couple of programs that the Mac can use to put posts out there. This one used to be so slow that i could type 3 lines before anything showed. One worked for a while and I really liked it and then bloger changed something and suddenly it stopped working. This program has speeded up a little, but i can still out type it. I found another program, a journalling program, that i really like, but it does not let you put a title on the post (and its a pain to go back in and add it).
Then there is the beta blogger interface. I worked long and hard to design or rather redesign my blog. I like the header, I like the colors, I like the font. I would really love to have the catagories option, but it does not seem I can have both.Besides, how soon before the beta starts having failure issues too?
Maybe I should try WordPress. I have neither the time nor inclination to get more complicated than that. Have looked at other software, and the packages do not have applications in them which confuses me totally. Besides I do not own my own domain, and the only server space I have is through my internest service provider and it has an ugly FTP process and an even uglier path and and therefore name.
Then there is Bloglines– a great service-when it works. My biggest issue with the damned thing is that I began to count on it, and of course thats when it began to fail. So now I will go back to my blogroll and hope blogrolling does not start to mess up!
If I can get Word Press to do what I want it to, will you all come visit me there??
i’m already there so i don’t have far to go
i have to say, for someone like me, who had never blogged before it’s a great program…i believe there are all sorts of extensions you can get, you can download the software and all i’m told…kel is the computer wizz in our place so she’s probably a better one to explain it…i’m not, by anybody’s standards, computer ILlerate but some of the finer points escape me when it comes to the software, and in many cases, the language..she uses a program that she can fully customise, designs her own themes and all, so if that’s the type of thing you’re after then shoot her a quick email..she downloaded the software to her laptop, but i believe it does have some drawbacks, i’m just not sure what they are….
hope this ramble helps, if only a little bit