Here is a list of some of the great things that WordPress can do out of the box or with a few easy plug-ins:

• Multiple Authors
• Post by email
• User Registration
• Easy addition of plug-ins
• Easy addition of site styles

Here are a few things that kind of suck at the moment

• User interface
• How it handles image/file uploads
• Backups
• Documentation
• Too many Bush Bloggers or Blogs for Bush (okay... THAT one is a joke... sort of ;) )
• Multiple blogs are possible but it is not simple to do this

I do need to thank the following people for their support and help in me switching systems:

• Shelby at yup-yup.com
• Les at Stupid Evil Bastard (He's on Expression Engine but DO check out his site. Very insightful!)
• Craig at Nuclear Moose
• The most divine ScriptyGoddess (see her for the coolest, easy, hacks and plug-ins)
• And who can forget Matt who is the driving force behind WP and was very encouraging to me.

I would also like to thank that annoying little pro-Bush fucktard with know clue about social skills in the irc for pissing me off so much that I was DETERMINED to get this working for me so that there is one more ANTI-BUSH site using this software. Thanks for the motivation ;) BTW... there is a REASON why you don't discuss politics or religion in certain places.

If you have any questions, I am by no means an expert but I might be able to help on some issues. I hope that you found my experience insightful and that it will help you if you too are deciding to "make the switch".

My new site can be seen here.

Want to start your own blog? You might find Blogging 101 helpful.