Much more than crafting Ice Cream.
From this day on, I will not be using P2 as the front end for this sideblog. Instead, I have installed Woo-Tumblog to make this blog operate more like a tumblr without losing any functionality. If you are considering to move from Tumblr to WordPress, there is a site that will allow you to export all your content to a WordPress XML format so you can import.
Mandigo P2 integration will still be developed, but won’t be used actively.
Tumblr is back up… but don’t count on it since “Tumblr will always be down.”
I’m obviously kidding, but 15 hours of downtime is awfully a lot.
Testing Tumblrize… The posts from Shiori’s Diary should post instantly.
Hopefully this will work this time…
It was an epic fail. back to using Tumblr’s default RSS Feed thingy
Our close friend at I Think I’ll Pass finally transitioned his tumblr back to good ol’ WordPress.(original tumblr still open for socializing)
Although tumblr is dead simple for most people, once you want stuff like native commenting, better archives, categories, PuSH, etc, tumblr won’t cut it. This is a reason why I never caught on with Tumblr fully since I am a power user and I am so used to all the extras in WordPress. So much that I wouldn’t give it up for Tumblr.
Also, setting up an extra WordPress blog isn’t really hard nowadays. You’ve got fantastico, WordPress Multisites or perhaps your host have an auto installer for WordPress. So yeah, accessibility isn’t a big deal.
Tumblr is a popular blogging service that adds the following aspect. I don’t see whats special about it since there is nothing that I can’t do in WordPress and then some. Sure it does not show who is following your blog, but its tenfolds more powerful than Tumblr will ever be…
One of the things that bother me is custom themes. WordPress, it’s really easy to create a child theme of a theme and customize the crap out of it. On the other hand, Tumblr custom HTML system is a mess as you see bellow:
The lack of separate template files makes the code a lot more complicated… meaning you will be pulling your hairs out trying to make your own theme. Also, there are well established Mobile Themes on WordPress that provides smartphone users a better experience compared to Tumblr, which the site only provides a basic mobile theme.
Not to mention, Tumblr, unlike other blogging software does not have a built in commenting system. The user must use a third party service like Disqus or IntenseDebate to feed in the comments. The drawback is, if the commenting service goes down, there goes your comments.
The posting functionalities of tumblr can also be done with WordPress and P2 Theme. P2 is perfect for a sideblog or a tumblr like blog, which gives you an instant posting interface right on the home page! WordPress can also do the reblogging stuff with the “Press This” bookmarklet.
Tumblr in the end is a simple blogging platform for casual use, nothing else. WordPress will always provide a better experience, especially if a blogger is already running a self-hosted WordPress on their site. With WordPress 3.0, the blogger can just enable multisites and create their own “Tumblr” blog of their own and use the same WordPress plugins and theme in the same installation. WordPress is just more powerful and benefits the blogger more than tumblr and can insure their ownership of the content. This is important because most services, they can do anything with your content and you can’t do anything about it. For instance, they can use your content to sell to advertisers and stuff like it.
Overall, do Anime Bloggers need to get pulled into the Tumblr hype? The answer is no, but its up to you. If you really want a sideblog or a “Tumblr” like blog, just convert your own existing installation of WordPress to a Multisite installation and create your sideblog from there. If you interested, just follow the directions from WordPress and you will have it up in no time.
