Textpattern to Wordpress back to Textpattern

In the middle of 2008, I decided it was time to give Wordpress a try and I’ve found a lot of things that I really do not appreciate.

There really is a big difference between Wordpress and Textpattern. Textpattern, does only what you tell it to do, and is incredibly simple to customize. Wordpress does everything you need it to, even when you don’t want it to, and is considerably more difficult to customize. For example, the PHP in Wordpress is far more difficult to read than are simple pneumonic tags in Textpattern that do the exact same thing.

But let’s talk a little about economies of scale here. Wordpress has a significantly larger user base, therefore it has many more themes, plugin’s and potential developers. Textpattern, has a smaller userbase and hence less themes, less plugin’s and less potential developers.

Knowing what I need, and now knowing what I liked and disliked, I’m seriously considering walking my way back over to textpattern. The family business is still using trusty old textpattern, if you’re looking for a Toronto Locksmith.

But when I find the time to do it, of course :)