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Raise your hands if you were an early user of ExpressionEngine or Textpattern — CMSs that weren't skewed into CRMs, Shops or PWAs. Good times, but then WP ate t

by marban 5y ago

Raise your hands if you were an early user of ExpressionEngine or Textpattern — CMSs that weren't skewed into CRMs, Shops or PWAs. Good times, but then WP ate them all.

zerkten 5y ago
That's me. I started with Radio UserLand (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_UserLand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_UserLand), but later used the early version of Textpattern. I hadn't looked at Textpattern in a long-time, so I went searching, only to discover Dean Allen had passed away (https://om.co/2018/01/18/dean-allen-rest-in-peace/ https://om.co/2018/01/18/dean-allen-rest-in-peace/). I'm glad the software lives on.
- petecooper 5y ago
  You may appreciate this: https://textpattern.com/weblog/memories-of-dean-allen https://textpattern.com/weblog/memories-of-dean-allen
- marban 5y ago
  Oh yeah, I forgot about Manila — Thanks for RSS and XML-RPC :)
petecooper 5y ago
>Textpattern I still am! We're a bit of an endangered species but we're making good progress: https://github.com/textpattern/textpattern/ https://github.com/textpattern/textpattern/ https://github.com/textpattern/textpattern/issues https://github.com/textpattern/textpattern/issues
- marban 5y ago
  Yes, just looked it up — Amazing that things are still rolling. Gotta give it another shot.
andrei_says_ 5y ago
WP is completely unwork-able for me. I am not smart enough to deal with that codebase. 1-click install is great but the nightmare on the other side of the easy setup is just not something I can deal with. Compromised, incompatible with each other plugins, the legacy blogging engine architecture, the horrible admin UX, the need for additional solutions to have any kind of sane CMS functionality.
- V__ 5y ago
  I would add to that list, that I can easily get by with zero plugins on a Craft install, it's impossible for me to do that on Wordpress. The over-reliance on Wordpress plugins and their often terrible security is my nightmare.
wink 5y ago
Textpattern was awesome and I loved the look of the admin interface and the default theme back in... probably 2003? (Wikipedia seems to agree) but I didn't get along well with Textile and so I went with serendipity[1] and also contributed a bit. (Although my timeline could be a little off here, but I did start that blog in late 2004.) [1]: https://s9y.org https://s9y.org

by marban 5y ago

Raise your hands if you were an early user of ExpressionEngine or Textpattern — CMSs that weren't skewed into CRMs, Shops or PWAs. Good times, but then WP ate them all.

zerkten 5y ago

That's me. I started with Radio UserLand (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_UserLand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_UserLand), but later used the early version of Textpattern. I hadn't looked at Textpattern in a long-time, so I went searching, only to discover Dean Allen had passed away (https://om.co/2018/01/18/dean-allen-rest-in-peace/ https://om.co/2018/01/18/dean-allen-rest-in-peace/). I'm glad the software lives on.

petecooper 5y ago
You may appreciate this: https://textpattern.com/weblog/memories-of-dean-allen https://textpattern.com/weblog/memories-of-dean-allen
marban 5y ago
Oh yeah, I forgot about Manila — Thanks for RSS and XML-RPC :)

petecooper 5y ago

>Textpattern I still am! We're a bit of an endangered species but we're making good progress: https://github.com/textpattern/textpattern/ https://github.com/textpattern/textpattern/ https://github.com/textpattern/textpattern/issues https://github.com/textpattern/textpattern/issues

marban 5y ago
Yes, just looked it up — Amazing that things are still rolling. Gotta give it another shot.

andrei_says_ 5y ago

WP is completely unwork-able for me. I am not smart enough to deal with that codebase. 1-click install is great but the nightmare on the other side of the easy setup is just not something I can deal with. Compromised, incompatible with each other plugins, the legacy blogging engine architecture, the horrible admin UX, the need for additional solutions to have any kind of sane CMS functionality.

V__ 5y ago
I would add to that list, that I can easily get by with zero plugins on a Craft install, it's impossible for me to do that on Wordpress. The over-reliance on Wordpress plugins and their often terrible security is my nightmare.

wink 5y ago

Textpattern was awesome and I loved the look of the admin interface and the default theme back in... probably 2003? (Wikipedia seems to agree) but I didn't get along well with Textile and so I went with serendipity[1] and also contributed a bit. (Although my timeline could be a little off here, but I did start that blog in late 2004.) [1]: https://s9y.org https://s9y.org