Re:Ask HN: What is a good blogging platform for non-developers
by Mz on Thursday February 09, 2017 @05:24PM
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If you really enjoy installing plugins and playing with themes though, WP is fun.
I hated the plug-ins and I very, very much enjoy playing with themes on BlogSpot, but mostly did not on Word Press. (In fact, I have considered doing consulting to help people with their BlogSpot theme, but it is currently a half-baked idea that I don't know how to further develop.) I found BlogSpot much, much more user-friendly for purposes of playing with themes. Some themes in Word Press can be fiddled with, but a lot are basically "This is what you get, you don't get to customize it" and I was enormously frustrated with being unable to achieve what I wanted. I spent an excess of time trying to find a theme I liked and basically failing.
I hated the plug-ins and I very, very much enjoy playing with themes on BlogSpot, but mostly did not on Word Press. (In fact, I have considered doing consulting to help people with their BlogSpot theme, but it is currently a half-baked idea that I don't know how to further develop.) I found BlogSpot much, much more user-friendly for purposes of playing with themes. Some themes in Word Press can be fiddled with, but a lot are basically "This is what you get, you don't get to customize it" and I was enormously frustrated with being unable to achieve what I wanted. I spent an excess of time trying to find a theme I liked and basically failing.