WordPress versus B2evolution

  • I’ve tried using b2evolution but seems like the simplest things require you to edit templates. WordPress seems to have many configurable items to click on, like in your options setting. So I’m thinking of making the shift over, but I have a few questions?
    1.b2evo can have 3 multiple blogs. You can only do one. You can create several but each one requires a new sql database.
    2.It’s not clear how to allow people to blog in foreign language such as Chinese. I need to go through a hacker section which sounds complicated.
    3.b2evo has a antispam feature which claims is important. I don’t think you have one.
    4.From the start, b2evo has a nicer layout (but more difficult to figure out how to customize). Users can pick different skins by a simple click. I’d like to be able to change your skin, but it seems complicated.
    5.b2evo claims more flexibility and more power, but I see that WordPress has much more configurability.
    Just want to work with one blogging software and stick with it.

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  • 1) I think if b2evo has any advantage over WP, it’s here, in it’s ability to run up to 3 blogs off one installation. On the other hand, it’s not quite true that that you need a ‘separate database’ for each WP blog. You simply need to change the db table prefix for each install. (Example: 1st install uses the prefix ‘wp’. The second might be wp2 (or whatever). Additionally, you can theoretically have as many WP installs (and blogs) as you want. All on a single database.
    2) I can’t address this one, except to say that there are Asian-language WP blogs out there, so there must be a way. I’ve seen some of the forum posts about ‘hacking’ various files to accomplish this, and what I’ve seen doesn’t seem very difficult at all. (And I’m no hacker.)
    3) Not true. WP has comment moderation, meaning you decide which comments get posted and which get deleted. There’s also a kind of ‘blacklist’ capability currently in CVS.
    4) I suppose ‘nicer layout’ is a subjective call. ?? However, it’s extremely easy to change the WP layout. It requires you to edit the index.php to call up the style sheet of your choice. (This usually involves simply changing the name of the style sheet referenced in the index.php.)
    5) Not sure of the question here, but I’d definitely (having played around with b2evo, among others) agree that WP is infinitely more configurable, and simpler to alter to suit one’s needs.
    Hope that helps!

    Thread Starter alvinlee

    (@alvinlee)

    So I’m giving WordPress a try as well. The instructions for changing the style sheet seemed simple enough. But After copying a new *.css, renaming it to wp-layout.css and 2 small jpg files under another folder, I did not see any change. I log out or use another PC and I see the same original layout. Clearing cookies,cache, removing trailing / doesn’t seem to help here.
    I has a similar problem with b2evo, but it the new default index.php kicked in after serveral hours. It’s strange because I don’t use proxy servers. I’m waiting for my rubic css to kick in.
    As for b2evo, I’m not sure about the benefits of 3 seperate blogs unified into one. Are you already doing something similar by being able to create multiple categories? Can we give status so that some users see other categories?

    You’re right, Alvin: if you changed style.css to wp-layout.css, you wouldn’t need to alter index.php.
    But something IS holding your stylesheet prisoner…without a valid .css, it should simply show your unstyled index.php. I assume you’ve tried reloading the page, clearing your browser cache, etc.? Your (well, I should say MY) browser caches pages, and I’m not using a proxy either.

    By unstyled I mean it doesn’t show *any* style, wp default or otherwise. Your page would look like a list, basically…date, content, etc. all in a line down your page.
    Categories don’t normally display until you’ve got at least one post attributed to a given category. So, if you had 20 categories, the only ones that show are those that have posts in them. The others wait silently in the background until they’re used. ??

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