hsm.

[mizkit]

cmpriest has just made a switch to posting at her non-LJ blog regularly, and is using Wordpress and a Wordpress plugin to post directly to LJ at any time she makes a post

Comments

[irishkate]

tempt me why don't you - I could have a look over the weekend

[mizkit]

I was sort of thinking in terms of people who already *knew* how to do WP installations and the like. I'll give you fudge anyway. :)

[irishkate]

well thats alright then

[eldestmuse]

Wordpress is amazing - and amazingly easy. While I don't use it for blogging and tend to use it for websites (it's that customizable!) I can tell you without a doubt that just going by the installation faq/sheet thing on the Wordpress website, you should be fine.

Plugins are slightly harrier for me as I've never really used them, but as a general rule the Wordpress Faqs are really easy to understand and follow.

If you run into trouble, feel free to contact me at:
aim - eldestmuse
y! - eldestmuse
email: calliope@vestalflame.info

I freaking love wordpress

[soapturtle]

I absolutely love wordpress to bits.

As to the plugins, as long as they are being maintained by the writer, usually they are cake, and all you have to do is activate them.

The basic install also comes with Aksimet for spam (LOVELY!), and a test plug-in named Hello, Dolly so you can get a feel for how to deal with them.

I'd recommend the Image Manager plugin over the wordpress image handling, though it does take a tiny bit of config, and the database back-up on demand one is nice to have as well just for maintenance.

Off to find the posts to LJ plug-in now so I can actually start using LJ for something besides a screenname.

[mizkit]

It's not so much that I doubt my ability to manage it as I know perfectly well that if I start, I will spend a day or three or five farting around with it making everything Perfect, and I have to finish this book yesterday and in theory finish another one (entirely unwritten) by 1 Feb. So providing myself with an exciting way to procrastinate is a really bad idea. :)

[knappenp]

If it works, want to do mine too? :)

[bryant]

I use this plugin:

http://ebroder.net/livejournal-crossposter/

It does allow you to decide which categories will be crossposted to LJ.

[sixteenbynine]

I'm currently using Movable Type 4, which has a ton of plugin features (including a moods thing). I looked into Wordpress but there was some more stuff in MT that I actually wanted on my end -- nothing against WP, just that MT was there first with the most.