Hari's Corner

13 comment(s)

1. This doesn't look much different than the WordPress version, except for this comment form.
   
   Comment by RT Cunningham (visitor) on 2 Oct 2007 @ 00:36:13 IST #
2. RT, that's because I created this theme similar to the one I created for WordPress.
   
   Comment by hari (blog owner) on 2 Oct 2007 @ 05:24:06 IST #
3. I'm very impressed. Nice one Hari! If you hadn't said anything I wouldn't have noticed you'd switched. How is it in the background? Do you have similar options to WP?
   
   Comment by Ray (visitor) on 2 Oct 2007 @ 12:39:25 IST #
4. The backend is more configurable and powerful than WP. It's more like a CMS than a blog and it has several powerful features like multi-blogging and per-post enabling/disabling post filters (like smilies, smart quotes, auto-links and other code) etc.
   It doesn't have a WYSIWYG editor, but the editor itself has a lot of goodies (in "expert" mode). Just check out a demo of b2evolution at www.b2evolution.net.
   Really cool.
   
   Comment by hari (blog owner) on 2 Oct 2007 @ 12:43:40 IST #
5. And for those who really want it, there are different WYSIWYG options available through plugins:
   http://plugins.b2evolution.net/index.php/2007/05/20/fckeditor_plugin
   http://plugins.b2evolution.net/index.php/2006/11/15/tinymce
   
   Comment by Francois (visitor) on 2 Oct 2007 @ 23:21:18 IST #
6. francois, I'm glad you didn't make a WYSIWYG editor as part of the main code. A lot of these editors aren't XTHML 1.0 compliant.
   
   Comment by hari (blog owner) on 3 Oct 2007 @ 07:03:53 IST #
7. I moved to b2evo and have tried if for a while and used your converter to move my WP stuff over. However, theres just not enough for b2e yet and wanna move back to WP.
   Is there any way of making a reverse converter?
   
   Comment by Grant (visitor) on 21 Nov 2007 @ 18:03:54 IST #
8. Well, I have no motivation to write a reverse converter.
   I believe WP has a converter from b2evolution, but that works on the older version of b2evolution (1.x series, not 2.x). The database schema has since changed.
   if you've got a backup of your old WP database and you've not added too much content using b2evolution, maybe you should just manually copy your posts over. Sorry I cannot suggest anything better at the moment.
   
   Comment by hari (blog owner) on 21 Nov 2007 @ 18:24:10 IST #
9. Fair enough.
   I'm just not happy with the support or user base of b2e compaired to WP. Its not mainstream enough yet.
   Although it is very nice to work with, WP has much more to offer atm.
   If things change, i'll happily move back to b2e
   Cheers.
   
   Comment by Grant (visitor) on 22 Nov 2007 @ 13:31:22 IST #
10. Its not mainstream enough yet.
    It's not popular enough is what you mean. It's been around a while now and there's a fairly active user community at http://forums.b2evolution.net.
    
    Comment by hari (blog owner) on 22 Nov 2007 @ 15:39:42 IST #
11. I'm looking at different blog apps. Grant, you have made me lean towards WP. I do like the smiles though
    Are you able to take out unwanted blogs like Grants, if you want?...lol
    
    Comment by John (visitor) on 27 May 2008 @ 08:04:10 IST #
12. This really nice one.. It doesn't have a WYSIWYG editor, but the editor itself has a lot of goodies (in "expert" mode). Just check out a demo of b2evolution at www.b2evolution.net.
    
    Comment by Busby SEO Test (visitor) on 16 Jan 2009 @ 17:45:12 IST #
13. Looks good! Congratulations on a job well done.
    
    Comment by Jon Hartman (visitor) on 19 Feb 2009 @ 07:13:40 IST #