lol. all of the wp pluggins I use are free and the dev is quite willing to work and make thing s work for me. Now let's hope they make wp 3.3 a bit more accessibil. It has some issues and I've been talkign with developers. they want feedback.
Take care. On Jan 2, 2012, at 5:00 PM, Travis Siegel wrote: > First off, don't waste your money on wp plugins. There's plenty of them out > there that are free, and if they're free, there's usually no strings > attached, meaning that if it's not perfectly accessible, making it so won't > invalidate your license or something equally silly. > If you're going to use word press (a lot of folks do) there's no harm in > changing things if they don't suit your purposes, because it's all free, and > you can pretty much do what you like with it, as long as you release your > changes if you make significant ones. I decided for my purposes, wp was too > bloated, and way too complex for what I wanted. I would have had no problem > using it, as I've been using computers for 25 years, and php for about 5 of > those, so changing things to my purposes would not have been hard, but on the > same note, if I could change them, I figured it'd be better to start from > scratch, and build my own, especially since all I wanted was rather simple > things, all of which I could make myself w/o any wp help, and since I've been > hand coding my html from the outset (around 1996 or so) I figured it'd be > silly for me to start using other stuff now. :) > And besides, I like programming, and this was fun. > But, with all that said, wp does what it does very well, and if you can use > it, then by all means use it. However, I strongly advise you to look around > before purchasing any plugins. I've almost always found free or cheaper > alternatives to just about every plugin I've seen that was charging lots of > money for it's use. > Don't waste your money until you're sure there's nothing else available that > will do the job. > With that said, I'll freely admit, that folks are doing some amazing things > with word press, and ocasionaly, even I don't recognize a site as being a > wordpress site until I get to the bottom and it says so at the footer, but > generally those exceptions are rare. This is why you should carefully > consider if you want wp as your web site, because it's so recognizable, a lot > of folks that don't like wp will leave your site without looking when they > see that little banner. Admittedly, it's probably not a lot of folks, but > they are out there. > Of course, you'll get a percentage of folks leaving anyhow, so that may not > be a concern for you. > I didn't need or want the complexity of wp, so didn't use it, but then again, > with that complexity comes a lot of power, and a lot of things are done for > you, so if simple is what you want, there's not much that's simpler than a > properly setup wp site. > I know I'm probably not making sense, supporting and tearing down > alternatively, but I'm only trying to state all te angles here, so take this > for what it's worth. > But, I stand by my don't buy wp plugins for tripple digit prices until you've > searched, and assured yourself there's nothing equivalent elsewhere to suit > your purposes, most of the time, it's just not worth the price. > > > ======================================= > > The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus > and worm-free > > To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web > pages located at > http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at > either of the following websites: > > http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html > > Or: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> > you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > --------------------------------------- ======================================= The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
