But a leader he was/is not. As an update let me say I'm really happy using WordPress (and Drupal for bigger projects). but we're talking about web technology, which is constantly changing. His wife mentioned WP and I suggested TXP. Despite being among the more lightweight WordPress alternatives on this list, Textpattern is still a solid option. Steve Jobs made Apple what it is today. I believe nobody is being “unfaithful” without some kind of good reason or at least valid motivational factors being present in the situation. So when I update some of my clients sites, that were built on Textpattern, I am truly amazed at how fast they run. And were still in the early stages of the financial bubble! I like talented writers and that’s why I defend him. While Textile and other related items can be your best friends if you get used to them, they really will seem mind boggling features if you are a stranger to them. Only downer is the use of php in its template system. It does a job and does it well. Nice! Can you feel it? If you put Drupal in the ring, it becomes clear that Drupal is a shooting star, no less. You can only go two levels deep, which is a limitation. It gets some attention. I will get back to working on my site. Get our latest posts straight into your inbox! Who will read it? Without momentum, things die. Orchard. F.e. At all. Similarly, both TXP and WP have a good community base and many forums where you can turn for support. Clients may start demanding free open source to be used, and maybe EllisLab, the company behind ExpressionEngine will struggle in the coming years. After logging in you can close it and return to this page. Thanks Oliver. This seems to be the most debatable topic. And the bailout will only make it worse in the end. I’m writing this on my iPhone via the WordPress iPhone app. However, WP is updated on a more frequent basis as compared to TXP. I’ve used Textile for years, and Markdown as well, and been very happy using it. I haven’t tested WP for some tiem now but I feel more comfortable having him use TXP. If Textpattern was built on something like CodeIgniter or Django or (double yes for this) Rails, I wouldn’t be replying to this post now. We got you covered. Hmm, the momentum of WordPress is so ‘uge that Textpattern can’t be seen as anything else than a bottomline flatline. And, for now, I promise not to talk more about momentum for the next few days;-). Recently I tried Textpattern on a small project, just for the sake of research and nostalgia. For example, WordPress offers an extremely simple and user-friendly interface. This is the index for Textpattern themes. Designers love both Textpattern and the iPhone. For the selling part he will use PayPal. Using the same logic why don’t you try porn vs ecology? I am in the process of moving a friend’s website. The Template System lets you tweak your website to the heart's content. I don’t see you worrying about Carlsberg not having a new recipe yet! If, however, you have plans of doing something beyond the ordinary such as having multiple blogs or prefer to tweak your articles before posting them (or simply like to get to the bottom of things), Textpattern might solve your purpose. I’d say it has some disadvantages compared to WordPress. I also totally clicked with TXP template tags instead of ugly PHP. my fave financial analytic dude, Peter Schiff, textpattern vs. WordPress, please look at Google Trends, UI overhaul to keep up with current standards, http://www.google.com/trends?q=textpattern%2C+wordpress, http://www.alistapart.com/articles/tenyears. I see Dean Allen more like Steve Wozniak – without Woz, Apple would probably not have been conceived, and without Dean, Textpattern wouldn’t either. When it comes to content management systems, there are plenty to choose from. there are only 2 developers left on the team. #2 Plugins. Contrarily, I’m having a growing dissatisfaction with WordPress, which to me is looking more and more like the “Joomla of 2017” – aka a platform that’s a “has been”. Maybe that was why he abandoned work on Textpattern, and let some other geeks work on it instead. Indexhibit is cool! While this clearly does not mean that WP is a better CMS than TXP, it surely goes a long way in building the user base for WP. I am favouring TXP as I think it will give him a fairly easy platform for him to do his writing and to promote his book and sales. However, even if you are new to coding, it does use a text-to-HTML converter that allows you to generate clean codes. Textpattern is a simple blogging solution. Beer is for consumption. It just plain simply lacks momentum. Sub-sections, unlimited categories, native tagging, are long lost, highly wanted features, and maybe they will come, someday. And more importantly, have I ever discredited him for creating Textile? Whatever your problem in WordPress, just Google it, and there you are. I was talking about him in the past tense, so take a chill pill. Tags, unlimited categories, unlimited custom fields… Stuff that should all have been implemented years ago, to stay current and competitive. Now you can continue with the CMS saga . Has anyone ever carved a Textpattern pumkin for Halloween? You can say Textpattern doesn’t have a leader, or whatever, other people have made the same claim, but that’s got nothing to do with Dean Allen, hasn’t for a long time. Compare Rubedo vs Drupal vs e107 vs Exponent CMS vs eZ Publish vs Frog CMS vs Joomla! WordPress has a WYSIWYG Editor that makes editing posts and articles a breeze. WordPress is cool, but it’s changing too fast to my taste and it has too much noise around it with all the plugins and themes. Textpattern CMS is a free, PHP open source CMS (content management system) with a browser-based interface in over 50 languages. Been very happy doing so. And it has something Drupal doesn’t – easy hierarchical pages. Textpattern is for production. Get all the latest & greatest posts delivered straight to your inbox, © 2020 CMS Critic. Thanks again for advice. Textpattern is now the go-to option for many bloggers, designers, and developers who are looking for a better experience than what they find with WordPress. But are we ever going to see the next release? With Textpattern, everything is so scattered. So many themes, so much and so good quality documentation that I feel right at home already. Regardless of the degree of momentum – it is still moving forward and therefore never truely finished. This is default Wordpress theme for Textpattern. He brought a care and craft to everything he touched that inspires me to this day.”. Textpattern is an elegant content management system that is free, open source software. If one want’s to do flat, tagged “non-hierarchical” that’s easily done with posts. That’s not criminal, but it is not something that makes a project take off and gain momentum. I’m on a verge of updating my site, that I haven’t touched for couple years. While both Textpattern and WordPress offer impressive software, there are some differences between the two. Not the visionary thinker who speaks at universities, Google talks, TED talks, web developer / web 2.0 conferences, etc…. Your post fails to give adequate grounds for concerns about a lack of momentum. The reason I mention Textpattern twice, is because it has often been my first choice since early 2004, and often has been the second choice that got the job done when the first choice failed its mission. Stay up to date! and while I find it’s not for me, I certainly think it packs some punch. I don’t care about his fame. I think I will look more into Drupal. For personal use, I prefer wp, but when you’re actually trying to do something that isn’t just a run of the mill blog – txp takes a leap and bound past wp. You can control every major section of your blog through it in a matter of few clicks. You should check out our article on the difference between WordPress.com vs WordPress.org for more details. Wauw huh? Drupal can do anything. You will get a tag-based template language through which you get potentially limitless options to explore how you want to structure your content. Gerhard > I’m not very PHP-wise, so thanks for sharing your views on that side of the equation. Yeah, I totally agree. Imagine if Crockery was also out in public beta now… That would be exciting as well. Compare Textpattern, b2evolution, NucleusCMS, Wordpress, WikyBlog and Serendipity feature by feature and find your best Blog software! It was okay, but the WordPress ecosystem is far superior. Not windowshop for alternatives like TXP, EE, Drupal, Joomla, FireRift or whatever. Themes. You could argue with me about it, but I know this because I’ve built one of the bigger plugins floating around, glz_custom_fields, the unlimited custom fields one, and oh boy was it tough work. But as I contemplate the launch of yet another site, I find myself being drawn more and more toward MODx. When it comes to sharing your images on your website in the form of a web gallery, the CMS options for managing the same are, As the public sector begins to get to grips with the transformation of services to online delivery, it is more important than ever that councils. Textpattern is stuck in the realm of “We Publish – You Read” one-way communication (apart from comments) because it can’t do anything else. Constant Contact website builder is an intelligent A.I. A fine start posting with an illustrative discussion. With that said, lets summarize each CMS's pros and cons: Textpattern (http://www.textpattern.com): Well, ideally picking a CMS is a decision that is governed by the user's specific needs (and perhaps bias towards a personal favorite). Apparantly because of the leadership or lack thereof. The login page will open in a new tab. Additionally, I felt Textpattern smelled more and more like an old, abandoned fridge. According to my fave financial analytic dude, Peter Schiff, the US economy is going DOWN. Had I realized that to begin with (knowing you’re a long-timer), I wouldn’t have given you the Dean Allen history as, of course, you know already. Moving around the back end too, you'll find that installing themes or plugins, checking your blog's stats or even upgrading the CMS – all can be accomplished in WP in a way easier manner as compared to TXP. But, you may say, Textpattern does not have as big a community as WordPress. Then in came Mary and Zem… and thankfully they left again…. WordPress has a WYSIWYG Editor that makes editing posts and articles a breeze. TXP is now up to version 4.6.2. There are plenty of room for improvement in Textpattern, I already went into that in my blog post;-). Each has its own share of advantages and disadvantages as well as supporters and critics. WebMatros © 2009–2020 – WordPress & Genesis on Media Temple. Nah, you’re not late, only good to hear from you Duncan! The main one is that it takes some time to wrap your mind around it. While Textpattern CMS is mostly seen as a weblogging tool, it has the features of a content management system and is suitable for deployment in many contexts. anyway i still like TXP, but i simply cannot justify spending more time on a system that doesn't seem to have a stable future at all. It’s all about accomplishing what one wants to achieve, in the fastest, most efficient way possible. So there seems there is some momentum in the venerable CMS. Many users, like me, don’t care what is under the hood, as long as it’s good. I like simple tools as well. As a developer/designer that has built all kinds of websites with Textpattern and has been fiddling with TXP plugins for a long time (glz_custom_fields is just one of the bigger plugins that I’ve written, the rest won’t be made public because it’s just too much hassle), I have been frustrated in many ways (both as a coder and as a user) and the answer to all this is simple: port it to Rails, re-write TXP from the ground-up and keep it’s functionality because that’s the 1 thing everyone agrees on. Textpattern CMS is a free open source content management system written in PHP as a programming language and using a MySQL database. Thanks for chiming in! TextDrive… Don’t even go there, I had a client with them, and he had trouble with them even a year after he got his refund for an extremely poor experience. Have you used either WP or TXP (or both) earlier? honestly, having 2 categories as a limit for each post and the built in limit of 10 custom fields should have been fixed AGES ago. Is spam a problem for textpatternistas? I have always preferred WordPress. WordPress vs Textpattern AGAIN! Regarding the iPhone Application, I suspect there’s nothing which would discourage anyone from building one if she sees a business case in it, just like Effigent did theirs for WordPress. CMS2CMS will migrate your site from Textpattern to WordPress in a few straightforward steps with no coding and extra installation at all. Why does Textpattern not have such an app? Then you can activate those you need and leave the rest alone. Sad fact though. Who will blog about a tag-parser? Dean Allen is the original developer of Textile, arguably the most popular markdown language on the web and since implemented in nearly every major programming language, and benefiting nearly every CMS (including WP). WordPress based e-commerce solution. I’ve had too many emails recently from companies shutting down some or all of their services. Momentum is a term also used in financial trading (= pet personal interest of mine lately) and indicates the direction and force of the direction, in either direction. Had been cool, but not it’s becoming more and more bloated, as needs have evolved over the years and therefore most WP users rely on plugins for everything – even things that should have made it into “WordPress core” many many moons ago. Will depend if we can consolidate and heavily edit his old site. But to take any project further it needs a leader, who can… lead the project in the right direction. I do remember when it was hot and had momentum. Moral of the story, txp still has a way to go – but the potential it has makes me want to wait and see . Could be cool if Textpattern got momentum in the “last round” and beat WordPress:), “…I feel there’s plenty room in the market for another CMS to take over.”, Thank you for all this information. This migration utility will convert your website directly to your new CMS platform swiftly and accurately. But web is growing and there is so much going on. It’s not as popular as WordPress or Joomla, but the usage is similar to any other website building platform. Got some opinions to share on either of these two blogging platforms? Textpattern to WordPress exporter. Object Oriented support is inexistent, there’s no framework to simplify things (only functions that want to mimic a framework), no testing (rspec hallelujah), nu proper plugin support (you have to hunt them down, nothing like gem for example) and the list can go on. But you must admit he’s not quite an industry influencer? Textpattern is probably one of the most lightweight WordPress alternatives in the market which is super simple in design. I’m a little puzzled by your need for momentum. But, no… Still Textpattern is stuck with maximum two categories for each article, one level deep sections, it bugs me… Textpattern could be so much to so many people. Even though it was superior in some aspects. WordPress Default 1.6 theme | Textpattern Resources Textpattern Resources at textpattern.org I’m a bit late in a the game here, I know. I like and respect that, personally, and so do many of the folks who make those speaking rounds you allude to. Dean provided some of the earliest articles to A List Apart when it was just past it’s mail list stages; something Zeldman himself, “wrote about recently”:http://www.alistapart.com/articles/tenyears. Lesser number of themes or templates (as compared to WP), Unless you install WPMU, it can power only one blog, Slightly limiting back end (if you're a geek). Conclusion: If you are calm, if you wan’t a small, fast and stable CMS – give txp and its calm community a try. Switch to WordPress from Textpattern 2009 As I mentioned in this previous post , I switched to WordPress (WP) from Textpattern (TXP) this time for my site redesign. Destry > Okay okay, maybe I was a bit harsh on the weird’ol Dean then… I’ll pour some sugar somehow soon…, Yep, the eternal Raveoli himself, all these nicks around the web =). Drupal scares some people away. Textpattern is flexible enough to be used for anything, blogging included, but so much more. WordPress starts easy on you, and then you can extend it with plugins depending on your needs. When comparing WordPress vs Jekyll, the Slant community recommends Jekyll for most people.In the question“What are the best solutions for a personal blog?”Jekyll is ranked 2nd while WordPress is ranked 3rd. As a txp -> wp -> txp again kind of guy. The only catch is that TXP's back end looks slightly dated, in comparison to that of WP. I’ve worked with Textpattern, Drupal, Mambo, Joomla, WordPress, and Textpattern. In that regard I look at Mambo and Joomla with evil, teary eyes. Textpattern Resources at textpattern.org. Textpattern was created by Dean Allen, a quiet bookcover designer / typographer, who has rarely been seen in real life, nor online. I am reluctant to move him to WP as the frequent updates could prove a challenge for him. Like Voltaire supposedly said, better is the enemy of good. My situation was simply that Textpattern is not born with core user self-registration features, which plays out in lack of proper e-commerce solutions, and little general use in these times of social networking fellowships being all the rage. WordPress can do amazingly much because of its momentum (plugins, great documentation, and tutorials around the web) and theme hackability. 5. I’ve stuck with WordPress since I wrote the blog post. i actually just started using wordpress a week ago without really knowing anything about it and i must say i really don't know why the majority of TXP folk are so anti-WP. No, a client will on the contrary, be amazed with the new, über functional design of the streamlined UI of the now ublic beta WordPress 2.7. Textpattern: Textpattern is one of the WordPress alternative CMS platforms that was specially designed for developers. I suggest Perch. And Matt Mullenweg has indicated later version of the iPhone app will also include stats and comment control. Still, if you need a CMS just to power a blog or a small website, WordPress should do the trick for you. So yeah, agree and disagree. His site navigation sucks, so it’s hard to find other tricks of his like “Favrd”:http://www.textism.com/favrd/, but that’s Dean, he’s a maverick, a minimalist who doesn’t have to self-aggrandize because he doesn’t give a fuck what you or I think anyway. The scary part that it will be the same next 5 years. Since majority of commercially viable tech blogs and websites are powered by WordPress (not to mention the millions of blogs at WordPress.com), it is but natural that WP has a large number of themes and plugins. And almost as sad, that WordPress vs. Textpattern looks very similar: http://www.google.com/trends?q=textpattern%2C+wordpress. Create a WordPress-format export file from a Textpattern blog. Simple as that. There is good reason to go with txp. But who wants to develop plugins for a platform that seems to be stuck in the mud? When Crockery, the codename for Textpattern version 4.1 was announced, it was also stated the current version 4.0 series would be the stable branch. theres a little PHP involved, big deal. Get your theme on! Instead, the upcoming version 4.0.7 will feature a new tag parser, whatever that is. I have to agree. powered … That – is – truly – WAUW. Especially if you know a little PHP, since the templates requires you to know some. Between the lines I read that to mean something along the lines of; new features can be deferred to Crockery, and we’ll “maintain” the stable branch. With regards to the whole Dean Allen “he’s not a leader”, “he won’t get famous” thing, well, I really, REALLy don’t think it;s important. The one issue that may prove challenging is the categories limitations. So that followers (ie. Think i might stick w/ WordPress though. but in the end i kind of feel like i've wasted my time learning a CMS that has no staying ability minus for a very small community that doesn't seem to be growing at all. Google trends for example do not quantify quality. But if you are just planning to get a blog or website up and ready with as little technical expertise as possible, WP should be your safest bet! Home free. LOL! Well, Robert gave the right answer in his comment (1): .. If I had to choose between Jason of TextDrive and Jason the horror movie guy, I’d choose the latter, because the former is just plain rude to people (people, check the forums). Wix vs. WordPress: An overview. Okay, back to the subject…. Plugins, plugin support, info on a plugins compatibility, is it still maintained: Frustrating. I disagree that Textpattern is going stale, or that it’ll end up in the tech graveyard, because there are always clients who simply don’t care about the tech stuff. I’ve been waiting so long for the next release I feel like I’m on the trailing edge of things. WordPress Page Builders Divi Builder Review – a Refreshing Update Why the New Gutenberg Editor is a Vital (and Long Overdue) Step for WordPress Thrive Architect Review – a Landing Page Builder for Marketers Full Width Backgrounds and Color Overlays in Thrive Architect vs Elementor vs … I love to hear from “Textpattern’ers” – it has a huge place in my heart as the best lil’ CMS / website platform I’ve ever used! Of course Google Trends does not quantify quality. For these unique and often advanced features, the AutomationElement class provides methods for a UI Automation client to access the corresponding native object model.. Fields Textpattern definitely suffers from a lack of momentum. sure, if you're talking about software in general. I’m not the guy who would switch to the newest and hottest CMS over there. WordPress is great for blogging, but not much else. Textpattern 4.8.0’s split live/dev theme workflow is a game changer for streamlining website updates. WordPress has Plugins Above thirty Thousand but Textpattern has just over a thousand. Postings in the ‘[mention] textpattern vs. wordpress’ topic in the ‘Latest happenings’ subforum. Destry, livetalks equal public presence. This seems to be the most debatable topic. For a company website that is nice. I think Dean would even tell you himself he’s not a leader and doesn’t care about giving speeches (which makes your attack on him kind of pointless). Dean’s not a messiah, and I don’t see him that way. Thanks for commenting – I hadn’t heard the news. Boom, saved. Who doesn’t? If Crockery (4.1) comes out, with a brand new, more efficient interface, and a lot of the modern, need-to-have stuff implemented, like tags, multiple categories, etc, yes, then Textpattern might return with a vengeance, but with the downward momentum, it will end like the Commodore Amiga and Betamax video tapes – on the tech graveyard. Matt Mullenweg founder of WordPress and Dries Buytaert founder of Drupal, are true visionaries and leaders. Comparison : Textpattern -vs- WordPress #1 CMS System. The TextPattern class may not provide for text features that exist only in a particular UI Automation provider. With him, it was always more a play of incognito silence, abrubt announcements, more silence, and then he left Textpattern. I started looking around for alternatives, and ended up having several “aha” moments with WordPress. It can be used even more smoothly if you are an experienced developer. No, it is not. Textpattern releases are very stable, but I find them to far between eachother to keep up any momentum. However, if you delve deeper, you'll find that WP has more themes and plugins as compared to TXP. Constant Contact Website Builder. I do agree with you that the dev end of txp seems to lack momentum – but what it lacks in momentum is not what it lacks in quality. A CMS is a software to worite and publish your digital content. Its latest version has undergone a good revamp and the organization of the administrative back end is now as user friendly as it can get! In some cases they even prefer (wait for it) Indexhibit, because of it’s simplicity and lack of features. For textpattern vs. WordPress, please look at Google Trends. Let’s compare it to ModX and ExpressionEngine. Are you in search of the best Content Management System or CMS platform? Many great pieces of software are little known, slow to change. Remarks. I find it rather amusing that Dean has this apparant Messiah-like status, so that most of the comments I get on this blog post (and in the Textpattern forums) are semi-religious-like defence of the highly venerable Dean Allen, who I’ve only named in a bypassing paragraph. According to Google Trends, while comparing, TYPO3 vs WordPress is a paramount decision for millions of website owners, but nevertheless, both of them have their weak and strong sides. That’s it. February 5, 2006 by debbie T | Textpattern • WordPress. It is interesting nevertheless, to see porn is on the rise, while ecology isn’t really gaining much momentum compared to porn, even though most cucumbers are bigger than most of the male actors otherwise impressive reproductive organs. Re: [mention] Textpattern vs WordPress - a Lack of Momentum I know Drupal very well, and it would be my first choice for anything large-scale, community-driven. And a funny one to read, with Messiah, bin Laden and the new Carlsberg receipe in it. But it is not optimal, and not as functional as the WordPress app that just rocks, with its perfect support for tags, categories, drafts, multiple sites, offline-mode, photo integration – it rocks! I tried over and over to get motivated to learn the Textpattern template and forms system, but I kept falling short. WordPress, Joomla, Blogger, Shopify are some of the best CMS in the market. Lee > ModX, yeah – the totally rewritten version is now in public alpha (beta?) PS: I’d like to note that the Textpattern community has long been the gold standard for me, when it comes to friendliness, so no hard feelings in that direction. WordPress Attention Grabber. But to bring it forward, a visionary *leader* is needed. It was originally developed by Dean Allen and first released in 2003. WordPress and Textpattern are two of the most well known blogging platforms out there. ... 8.4 9.1 Textpattern VS Open Source POS Open Source Point of Sale is a web based point of sale system. All the other stuff he’s given to the web is just freebie I use (and happen to like) but could, if necessary, live without just fine, including Textpattern. 8.3 6.0 L3 Textpattern VS Orchard Orchard is a free, open source, community-focused Content Management System built on the ASP.NET MVC platform. Dean Allen’s background as a book cover designer and typographer, instead of “mere programmer” made Textpattern unique and wonderful: An interface that is different than most other content management systems, because it works the way I, as a non-programmer wants it to: Forms, easy-on-the-eyes template tags, clean XHTML output, textile, etc. What I wanna say with that, is that I feel there’s plenty room in the market for another CMS to take over. It certainly points as to why some aspects of Textpattern appears to stale. ... Textpattern. 20 November 2007; 28 Komentar; Umum; Sebagai seorang designer bukan programer seperti saya ini, seringkali dihadapkan pada pilihan-pilihan akan system apa yang akan digunakan untuk calon clientnya. Don’t get me wrong: I love the product, and I realize it’s likely a labor of love for the developers. Hmm, the momentum of WordPress is so ‘uge that Textpattern can’t be seen as anything else than a bottomline flatline. Power via simplicity. I think you summarized the differences, pros/cons of WordPress and Textpattern pretty accurately. Will a client understand it? Both Textpattern and WordPress are equal customizable by means of themes and templates. I know I know, I can blog via the iBlogger app. For textpattern vs. WordPress, please look at Google Trends. Why? developers and users) knows where to go, so to say. Both WordPress and Textpattern are in active development (so this sub-heading perhaps should've been different, but I couldn't resist). If you feel happy and content with what you have in Textpattern I don’t think you should switch, but I’ve found WordPress to be surprisingly good, and the development pace is amazing, the eco-system is amazing as well. The thing is, the world of tech moves quite fast, probably because the web is a rather young medium. Hmm, the momentum of WordPress is so ‘uge that Textpattern can’t be seen as anything else than a bottomline flatline. It’s almost like Dean never left. I think drupal is more solid foundation and more of a true CMS than WordPress, at the same time it is very easy to extend and customize. Always bigger, better, faster – for what reason? Anyway, thanks for pointing it out to me. As a result, Textpattern has not gotten any notable facelifts since it’s inception, and new features are far in between. Later, he created Textdrive with Jason Hoffman, without which WordPress wouldn’t have found an early business model or had a home on the web. Drupal is very easy to move from local install to online afterwards. A google search on comparing the two brought me here to your review. I totally agree that Textpattern rules over WordPress is some areas. Textpattern, on the other hand, has an equally awesome (though not so end user friendly) editor, which can do almost all that you want it to, … Momentum my friend. Oliver, some of your arguments use an outright wrong presupposition. mary stepped down ages ago for whatever reason. Now my imagination running wild and my hands are itching to make something new and nice. In this article, I shall attempt to provide a comprehensive comparison of both WordPress vs Textpattern. Wix and WordPress are the biggest players in the CMS space today, but they took different paths to prominence. I had full intentions of using Textpattern as the CMS software choice for a site I am redesigning. If it works well, why worry about what might come? Reviewed by Oliver Nielsen★Updated in document.write("November 2008"); “Later, he created Textpattern, without which WordPress wouldn’t exist. Web designers, developers, publishers and bloggers love its flexibility and extensibility. Which is why it makes me somehow sad to see how Textpattern is slowly but surely fading into the horizon. There’s also a package that sets up a local server on your computer, so Drupal runs locally. Connects your TXP database tables and creates a WP-style extended RSS file. i would say learning a bit of PHP is definitely much more helpful then learning proprietary TXP tags. But I totally agree with you – it is much better to start with Acquia – http://acquia.com/downloads There is not every Application possible in txp. So, what are the distinctive features of these website building tools? Hardly a leader. 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