[Diggory Laycock]

Is anyone using WordPress (the openSource blogging tool.)

If so could you explain to me how it is meant to email me? Does it email using an internal engine - or using an external server (e.g. postfix)?

I can't see any mail sending options in the prefs - and it's supposed to email me when I need to moderate a comment (but I haven't received a mail from it yet.)

Or is it possible to get an RSS feed of comments that require moderation?

Thanks.

[Diggory Laycock]

I've just got the answer from the WordPress IRC channel.

Sorry for the noise.

[edit] - I've hacked up an unmoderated comments RSS feed generating page - available here:

http://www.diggory.net/grazing/wp-un...tsrss2.php.txt

This was hacked-up by altering the v1.2 comments page - so it may not work in future version of WP.

(obviously remove the .txt before installing it in your WordPress root.)

[MilkmanDan]

Moveabletype.org

Enough said. He he he.

Seriously, I have no idea though. Kudos for not using blogger or livejournal.

[Diggory Laycock]

I used to use MT - but prefer WordPress now.

I like the fact that it's OpenSource.

It turns out that WP uses PHP's mail() function - so I had to tweak php.ini to get it to talk to PostFix properly.

[MilkmanDan]

True be that. Like MTs new pricing structure. Keeps me stuck at version 2.64.

[Oisín]

Originally posted by MilkmanDan:
Moveabletype.org

Enough said. He he he.

Hmm... no offense, but that's sort of a little like someone saying "Hey, I've got this little problem in OSX that I can't figure out, anyone know what to do?" and then getting the reply, "www.microsoft.com - enough said"

[Mastrap]

I actually switched from WP to MT. Like with many things in life you get what you pay for, IMO. I love MT's ability to generate static pages, making it a fully fledged CMS rather than 'just' a blogging engine.

But then, you're not me and mileage varies.

[Mastrap]

Originally posted by MilkmanDan:
True be that. Like MTs new pricing structure. Keeps me stuck at version 2.64.

3.11 is available for free download at the MT site.

[Truepop]

Originally posted by Mastrap:
I actually switched from WP to MT. Like with many things in life you get what you pay for, IMO. I love MT's ability to generate static pages, making it a fully fledged CMS rather than 'just' a blogging engine.

But then, you're not me and mileage varies.

the building of static pages is what turned me off.

I also toyed with Wordpress and Nucleus ( www.nucleuscms.org ) but keep going back to pMachine and just recently ExpressionEngine

you do get what you pay for and I think ExpressionEngine is well worth the $99 (competitive upgrade)

[Mastrap]

Originally posted by Truepop:
the building of static pages is what turned me off.

I also toyed with Wordpress and Nucleus ( www.nucleuscms.org ) but keep going back to pMachine and just recently ExpressionEngine

you do get what you pay for and I think ExpressionEngine is well worth the $99 (competitive upgrade)

I expressed myself badly. MT3.11 does write fully dynamic pages now. You actually have a choice between html and php, with fully dynamic building if so desired.

What I mean was that I can build non-blog pages with ease while still keeping all the design intact. This means that I can use MT to render files other than index.php and create an entire site with it.
I had a look at Expression Engine and liked it a lot. In the end I went for MT because of lower cost and the huge installed userbase. I'd be interested to see how you'll be using EE.

[Diggory Laycock]

Originally posted by Mastrap:
I expressed myself badly. MT3.11 does write fully dynamic pages now. You actually have a choice between html and php, with fully dynamic building if so desired.

What I mean was that I can build non-blog pages with ease while still keeping all the design intact. This means that I can use MT to render files other than index.php and create an entire site with it.
I had a look at Expression Engine and liked it a lot. In the end I went for MT because of lower cost and the huge installed userbase. I'd be interested to see how you'll be using EE.

There's a plug-in for WP that does that:

http://www.theonering.net/staff/corv...tml#makestatic

[Mastrap]

Originally posted by Diggory Laycock:
There's a plug-in for WP that does that:

http://www.theonering.net/staff/corv...tml#makestatic

Cool stuff.
Does it write to multiple pages? In MT, or EE for that matter, I can create any number of pages and name then as I wish, not just blog content pages. This allows me to build and manage an entire site from one CMS install.

[Diggory Laycock]

Not sure - probably not.