Been doing some hacking with the WordPress templates to customize it, not for blogging but as a regular site Content Management System (CMS). Haven’t been doing any PHP programming lately so I’m a little rusty.
WordPress, in the default installation can be a very bulky CMS tool but once you are able to shave off some of the functionalities and features, it can be a very good CMS for small websites (maybe even bigger ones).
I used to have my own CMS for my blog until I moved to WP sometimes last April. I still use my old CMS on other sites but haven’t gotten to update/upgrade it for over a year now. My problem here is to either continue with the development of my inhouse CMS or completely move to a simplified version of WordPress, much like the one made by Semiologic.
Still in the look-out for a better alternative.
I am jealous of this blog. Very few comments are off the mark if any at all. Make sure you post often.Very good job.
hey also working on a wp based cms, been playing around with multi-user wp as well.
(Did I say “WP CMS?” I meant “WP Template.” Oops duh.)
I have a page-focused WP CMS in progress called “Zach,” structured such that the pages rather than the weblog receive prime focus, and the weblog part is relegated to news-and-events-calendar duty. The only catch is you need to install Event Calendar, and the front page welcome text needs to be edited in the Main Template. I’ll let you know when it’s ready.