Later tonight I’ll be moving the Cult of Mac blog to WordPress, which means there’ll be less outages, less spam and less squinting at the teeny weeny type.
The blog is currently run on b2evolution, which has some nice features and has been pretty straightforward to use, but unfortunately has a serious spam problem. B2evolution is not much good managing comments and attracts a ton of spam. It’s the number one problem b2evo users complain about, and maddeningly, there’s no easy fix.
In addition, the b2evo developer community is small and there’s not many plugins and extras keeping it current. It’s also a hackers’ system. If you’re happy tinkering with code, this system’s for you. But I’m not, and it isn’t.
WordPress, on the other hand, seems to be a very slick. It’s mature and flexible and it’s going places. It’s 20-times more popular than b2evo, and already I’ve benefetted from a fantastic B2evo-to-WP import script, and a lot of easy-to-follow setup tutorials — the kind of stuff that popularity brings.
The big problem is the old RSS feed, which will no longer work.
The new RSS WordPress feed can be found here, though it may be an hour or two before it’s working:
https://cultofmac.com/?feed=rss2
14 responses to “Moving to WordPress — And A New RSS Feed”
Happy to hear about the switch to WP as it is clearly one of the best blog engines to use. I ported over to WP a year or so ago and I’m certainly pleased with the end result.
Be sure to try out Akismet for spam protection. Glad to hear WP has worked out well for you.
Hey, welcome to the club! I really think that WordPress is the best blogging platform out there because its open-source and has every plug-in imaginable to do any task. Unfortunatly, the Web is dominated by MovableType blogs. But, hopefully more bloggers, like you, will soon see the light.
I pulled up the blog today and thought to myself, “hey… this looks different! is this wordpress?” Excellent move! Glad to hear you’ve moved to WP.
Great move. Faster, cleaner, better all the way around.
Sweet! I am a MT user but I do think that WordPress kicks ass.
You may want to check out sxore a WordPress plugin that provides identity for comments and prevents spam. It has a bunch of other nifty features such as personalized comments, an RSS follow feed for tracking conversations, and moderation tools such as whitelists and blacklists. Feel free to email me if you have questions.