My blog engine research continues. This week I’ve test-driven the following, well-known platforms.

Typo (Ruby on Rails)
Textpattern (PHP)
WordPress (PHP)

The most striking aspect of how my impression of these has been shaped, relates to the documentation and resources available. WordPress wins, hands-down. I’m not surprised in the least as to why WordPress is so popular; it is accessible in the extreme. Installation was trivial and a plethora of information on extending the platform through plugins, themes and other modifications, is available on the WordPress website.

I shall continue my appraisal of all of the above as soon as I have more time to spare.

Note however, despite my enthusiasm for WordPress, my blog will, for the time being, remain powered by Thoth. It’s simplicity, speed and ease of use for someone of my technical ability overshadows my desire to use something shiny like WordPress, which includes so many features, bar the kitchen sink and a cappuccino machine.

More to follow …