Wordpress Setup Complete

We finally finished the WordPress migration today, and I expect to resume posts sometime tomorrow. Just like every IT project, this took twice as long as I expected. And, just like every IT project, I’m sure there will be some bugs in the transition. Thanks to Jim @ Blueprint for Financial Prosperity, I was able to redirect the Feedburner feed to source from www.oneprojectcloser.com instead of the blogspot location. For those who had previously subscribed, you should be all set to go.

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A number of folks have asked me why we switched to WordPress. The reasons are varied (and the subject of a more comprehensive post later), but here’s a few:

1. Total control over the software. WordPress runs on PHP and MySQL. Since I am a developer by trade, WP offers incredible flexibility. I can get into the code.
2. Scheduled posting. This allows you to “queue-up” posts for later release. Google is working on a similar improvement for Blogger (it is currently in draft), but I learned this after I decided to make the jump.
3. WordPress can publish “pages” in addition to “posts.” Pages are like posts except they don’t run in the chronology. This is great for things like Profiles, Disclaimers, Policies, and other information that doesn’t really fit into the post loop.
4. WordPress has an extensive plug-in developer base. Google is still building up a base of developers to write plugins for Blogger. WordPress has many existing plug-ins that offer great capabilities to publishers.

OK. That’s it for now. I hope to get back to home improvement blogging tomorrow.