Jan
26
On reading Rob of Jetwhine’s piece on the technical side of blogging I felt compelled to dash out a line of support.
[rant] I understand that Wordpress and other blogging programs are open-source and developed by enthusiasts. But why, oh why, does everyone assume that all those of us that haunt the hallways of the ‘bloggosphere’ are able to understand the first thing about code?
I really did think that we had moved away from this way of thinking, it’s exclusive in the worse sense of the word. If the objective is to spread blogging to the masses, the stewards of the ’sphere’ are failing miserably by a clannish insistence that, to be able to alter the look, feel and functionality of your blog you need to be able to code. Ever heard of the GUI? Thank goodness Apple has or I would be stuffed.
It isn’t that I have no intention of learning, but like most people here I want to get on with strutting my stuff and getting on with my LIFE, not sitting in front of a screen learning html when I could be learning something useful like Latin.
So, Wordpress Aces, please make your fabulous program simple for me to customise and present to the world in the way that I want to look. I have half an idea but the idea of messing with .php and .css files fills me with horror.
Do this and I will pay for it! In doing this you will inspire the heavy hitters in the coding world to reach new heights of creativity in their attempts to make space between their lofty selves and ‘code numpties’ like me.[/rant]
Good spot Rob!
PS: Just in case this sounds ungrateful, thanks all you open source engineers who have made this superb software. Make it greater and you will win more even more of the ‘blogsiverse’ out there. As for the theme developers, where would we be without you?
Tags
Computers/Internet, Technology