I knew this day was going to come eventually – I’ve decided to move my blogging off of my own software. Lately, I’ve been wanting to update my site a bit, some of the static text and links no longer make much sense, and I want to move it in a new direction; but I’ve been too lazy to update the content or the look.

Plus, it’s not as important anymore for me to be able to have a full understanding of the code base, previously it was nice to be able to hack my own code base to create tag clouds or what not, but now it’s not so much high up on my priority list. Instead, I wouldn’t mind having a sandbox area for bits and pieces of future blogs, commenting that actually works (hi Nelson!) and quick/easy integration with future web technologies.

I’ve already started the process of converting my existing database structure and archive to using WordPress. There’s a CSV import plugin out there, but I didn’t find it as flexible as writing my own scripts to populate the database (I want my links and tags to survive to move). I guess I still need to roll my own way.

Posted by Kevin in Blogs Tags: blogging, growingup, orangefever, wordpress