It’s now been a couple of weeks since I decided to migrate from Blogger to WordPress, and it’s been a good move. However, I’ve still had some nagging doubts that WordPress is still not quite ready for web newbies: the lack of a full WYSIWYG editor is an issue, plus the sheer number of features (i.e. menu options) may be off-putting to web newbies.

However, I’ve now been playing with Release Candidate 1 of WordPress 2.0, and it is a leap forward in terms of usability. Yes, the WYSIWYG editor is there, as is integrated support for images (no plug-in required), and the ability to do a proper preview before posting. Good work by the developers.

I’m hoping this will at last give me an escape route from the routine maintenance of a site I set up some years ago for the local Community Council. It runs under phpWebsite, which isn’t quite user-friendly enough for web newbies. However, I think WordPress 2 may do the job. I’ve checked that WordPress works on the f2s hosting service, so the next task is to reverse-engineer the WordPress database so I can migrate data. It would also be nice to update the database documentation as a small contribution to the WordPress team.

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