Comments on: Goodbye Subdreamer Hello Wordpress http://www.72dpi.net.au/2008/12/goodbye-subdreamer-hello-wordpress/ Web Development and Design Tue, 04 May 2010 04:56:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ryan http://www.72dpi.net.au/2008/12/goodbye-subdreamer-hello-wordpress/comment-page-1/#comment-1893 Ryan Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:57:29 +0000 http://test.72dpi.net.au/?p=30#comment-1893 YEah, it is great, and I have done a stack of wordpress sites now (sadly nothing to this one for ages), and it's been the best thing I ever did. Wordpress is a great CMS, with a few tweaks. My only gripe is the inability (yet) to compress all CSS files from the ehader, and out put as 1 cached file for speed (like drupal does), but, this can be done with a bit of programming. Hope you're enjoying your new found freedom (and money in your pocket).... YEah, it is great, and I have done a stack of wordpress sites now (sadly nothing to this one for ages), and it’s been the best thing I ever did.

Wordpress is a great CMS, with a few tweaks. My only gripe is the inability (yet) to compress all CSS files from the ehader, and out put as 1 cached file for speed (like drupal does), but, this can be done with a bit of programming.

Hope you’re enjoying your new found freedom (and money in your pocket)….

]]> By: Wicky http://www.72dpi.net.au/2008/12/goodbye-subdreamer-hello-wordpress/comment-page-1/#comment-1892 Wicky Sat, 23 Jan 2010 13:57:55 +0000 http://test.72dpi.net.au/?p=30#comment-1892 I too started with Subdreamer and moved to WP... seems to be a standard migration path. WP needs a bit of work to use as a CMS, but is fantastic as far as it goes. Most importantly, you can build modern, user & browser friendly sites with it. Not much to ask given that it's 2010! How could Subdreamer get it so wrong? Subdreamer's lack of flexibility for article categorization, terrible plugins and the fact that so much presentation was coded into the core and the plugin architecture made it utterly useless for anything other than hobby websites. I'd be interested to know how version 3 compares with the previous offering, but given that the Subdreamer team seem to have turned their back on previous customers (not allowing access to the forum), I guess I'll never know. They'd have to come along way though - like scrapping all of the old plugins and starting again with at least some sort of code examination for minimum requirements. All of these problems for a $195 (inc. branding free options) or WP, Drupal, etc for free? Multiply that by how ever many sites you create.... it's a no-brainer. Yup, I think SD has seen it's day. Maybe they should have offered it at a much lower price point (or better still, free, like it's competitors) and tried to build a community of quality contributors so that they had a genuinely useful product. I too started with Subdreamer and moved to WP… seems to be a standard migration path. WP needs a bit of work to use as a CMS, but is fantastic as far as it goes. Most importantly, you can build modern, user & browser friendly sites with it. Not much to ask given that it’s 2010!

How could Subdreamer get it so wrong?

Subdreamer’s lack of flexibility for article categorization, terrible plugins and the fact that so much presentation was coded into the core and the plugin architecture made it utterly useless for anything other than hobby websites.

I’d be interested to know how version 3 compares with the previous offering, but given that the Subdreamer team seem to have turned their back on previous customers (not allowing access to the forum), I guess I’ll never know.

They’d have to come along way though – like scrapping all of the old plugins and starting again with at least some sort of code examination for minimum requirements.

All of these problems for a $195 (inc. branding free options) or WP, Drupal, etc for free? Multiply that by how ever many sites you create…. it’s a no-brainer.

Yup, I think SD has seen it’s day. Maybe they should have offered it at a much lower price point (or better still, free, like it’s competitors) and tried to build a community of quality contributors so that they had a genuinely useful product.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.72dpi.net.au/2008/12/goodbye-subdreamer-hello-wordpress/comment-page-1/#comment-1672 Kevin Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:03:52 +0000 http://test.72dpi.net.au/?p=30#comment-1672 Congratulations on the new site! Wordpress is amazing! I switched all my SD sites to WP because it is so "clean" and professional. Have did you transferred all your SD data to WP? :) Congratulations on the new site! Wordpress is amazing! I switched all my SD sites to WP because it is so “clean” and professional.

Have did you transferred all your SD data to WP? :)

]]> By: admin http://www.72dpi.net.au/2008/12/goodbye-subdreamer-hello-wordpress/comment-page-1/#comment-8 admin Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:06:58 +0000 http://test.72dpi.net.au/?p=30#comment-8 =) Cheers, well, I can say that Wordpress is amazing, Subdreamer was great in the fact that you can integrate seamlessly with so many great forums, but development of the CMS slowed to a halt, but Wordpress has just taken right off. I still have to do a new theme for wordpress though =) Enjoy your changeover! =)
Cheers, well, I can say that Wordpress is amazing, Subdreamer was great in the fact that you can integrate seamlessly with so many great forums, but development of the CMS slowed to a halt, but Wordpress has just taken right off. I still have to do a new theme for wordpress though =)
Enjoy your changeover!

]]> By: Menno http://www.72dpi.net.au/2008/12/goodbye-subdreamer-hello-wordpress/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Menno Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:36:48 +0000 http://test.72dpi.net.au/?p=30#comment-7 Thx for the skins and such.. makes me confident in leaving subdreamer as well! Thx for the skins and such.. makes me confident in leaving subdreamer as well!

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