CakePHP is a framework, so you have to write the blog yourself. Wordpress is a blog, no need to do anything.
For my blog I use wordpress as I find it kind of stupid to reinvent the wheel. Wordpress has tons of themes, plugins and is configurable enough for a blog. If you don't like something in a theme it's easy enough to modify in the templates. But like nurvzy said, stay out of the actual code, it's a mess. On 12 sep, 07:05, "j.blotus" <j.blo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks nick for that thoughtful response. Much of what you said was > running through my mind already. I have set up wordpress a few times > but I just hate that lack of control I feel, like I have to do things > the wordpress way. I have no interest in themes and plugins, and think > your point about making it in CakePHP sincce it will mostly focus on > CakePHP is well said. I hate to say it but I feel like hacking the > guts of wordpress to do what I want is actually much harder to get > into than just writing one from scratch, but as they say it is easier > to write code that to read it. > > On Sep 12, 12:24 am, nurvzy <nur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >http://www.webtechnick.com/blog > > > I wrote mine from scratch with CakePHP, but I'm a DIY kind of guy. > > > It's kind of an even split between the CakePHP bloggers I respect and > > follow. I know Matt Curry (http://www.pseudocoder.com/) uses Croogo > > (http://croogo.org/) which is a CakePHP CMS but started out as a > > WordPress blog (if I remember right). It looks like Mark Story > > (http://www.mark-story.com) rolled his own with CakePHP. Teknoid uses > > WordPress (http://nuts-and-bolts-of-cakephp.com/). Neil Crookes uses > > WordPress (http://www.neilcrookes.com/). > > > Quite honestly it all depends on how much free time you have and want > > to dedicated to rolling your own. I've worked in WordPress before. > > It's extremely easy to setup and there are tons of easily installed > > themes to go along with your new blog. You could have a blog up in a > > matter of minutes with WordPress. The downside is if you peak into > > the core of WordPress it's a damn jungle of procedural script with > > tons of global functions and variables. If you plan on tweaking > > anything, be prepared for a lot of grep (or install xdebug). I'm not > > knocking WordPress, it's one of the most successful open source PHP > > applications out there next to Drupal (another procedural mess IMHO), > > I'm just not impressed with it past the surface features and have had > > the (dis)pleasure of tweaking it quite considerably for clients in the > > past. > > > I will admit (and this is entirely personal opinion), if your blog is > > primarily going to be about CakePHP -- write it in CakePHP. I > > personally find it rather ostentatious to preach tips on CakePHP, (a > > PHP framework in which the first app you're building is a damn blog > > --http://book.cakephp.org/view/1528/Blog), posted in WordPress. When I > > see "Powered by WordPress" at the bottom of your blog about how > > CakePHP is awesomesauce, your credibility is shot just a little -- but > > that's just me. No offense to anyone sporting a WordPress blog. > > You're obviously busy people. > > > Hope that helps, > > Nick > > On Sep 11, 8:46 pm, "j.blotus" <j.blo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I have been programming in nothing but CakePHP for the last year, and > > > I wanted to start a little blog just to share some of my observations > > > and tips. I thought about building my own, which would be almost > > > trivial to do in CakePHP, but then I kept thinking that I was trying > > > to write something that had already been written 1000 times before. > > > > Is it worth making a blog from scratch instead of just using > > > wordpress? I have very little wordpress experience, and using it would > > > be a plus if I ever had a client who needed it. On the other hand, > > > writing it in CakePHP especially for a mostly CakePHP oriented blog > > > would probably make more sense, no? > > > > For those that have blogs, what was your approach and why? I would > > > really appreciate some comments. > > > > Thanks Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://cakeqs.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en
