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WordPress needs more rules I'm convinced Wordpress is successful despite this. No rules implies very low barrier to entry.
by WimLeers 14y ago
WordPress needs more rules
I'm convinced Wordpress is successful despite this.
No rules implies very low barrier to entry.
- taopao 14y agoUmm, whatever, no rules implies _no safe assumptions can be made_. Getting WP plugins to play nicely with each other can be like sorting out INIT conflicts in the Mac OS 6 days.
- chc 14y agoI think you mean it's successful because of its lack of rules, and I disagree. WordPress's low barrier to entry stems from a combination of PHP's ubiquity and a positive feedback loop of popularity. More rules wouldn't hurt either of these factors.
- johnward 14y agoMore like PHP's ubiquity which leads to easy installs for non-developers. The reason wordpress is so successful doesn't revolve around the devs. It's because your everyday blogger can setup a blog in 20 minutes. The dev focus comes from having so many users.
- chc 14y agoThat's pretty much what I was trying to convey.