yukie

thank you.

just two things.
first, I think
$output = $post->post_excerpt();
should look like
$output = $post->post_excerpt;

second, the title="Read the rest of '.the_title().'" part seems to be causing some problems. The post title appears again as part of the post content. Removing the call to the_title( ) solves the problem. I’m not sure why this is though. Is it a bug in apply_filters?

i’ve just checked out those files. i’m confused.
if a visitor clicks on the comments link of an entry (and pop-up is off), isn’t s/he directed to index.php again, only with some values appended? if that is the case, then where are the above files used?
isn’t the whole logic like this: if I access index.php with nothing appended, i get the regular index page. but if i add something like ?p=3 or something, index.php uses that value to generate the page differently, right? or am i confused?

I’ve not been with WP for very long, but I can say that WordPress can be both simple and complex. To a complete newbie, the 5-minute install promise holds true most of the time. But even that has some assumptions. It assumes you know how to upload files to your server, for example.
Going beyond the basic installation, WP’s complexity quickly escalates for the tech newbie, IMO. He/She might get intimidated with all those php files and the whole tagging system (but then all blog systems use that). And editing templates assume HTML and CSS skills. (Plus the ability to discern between PHP and HTML code, so that you don’t mess up things). But i have to state, that these assumptions about the user are fair enough. If one doesn’t know how to upload files or basic HTML or things like that, does one really need a powerful tool like WP? one can always start small, perhaps with hosted blogging systems such as blogger or livejournal. then as technical skills grow, he or she can move on to more complex things.
as for your question, i believe as long your server runs a decent version of PHP and MySQL (and assuming of course that PHP was compiled with MySQL support), it should be able to run WP fine. So you have to ask them if they’re running PHP and MySQL.

well, tagboards aren’t really hacks. they’re just a piece of code that you cut and paste to your html and voila you got them.
if you want one, try searching ‘free tagboard’ in google, and you’ll find a lot. i don’t know your technical skill, but if you need help installing it, just say it. ??