OK…so here’s how things are going so far with the conversion:

Right
1. I was able to get WordPress installed without a hitch and import all the entires all in less than three minutes.

2. The automatic blog updates are positively lovely.

3. Even with a little PHP knowledge, you can have a snazzy looking blog.

4. There are a lot of templates out there for automatic customization of your blog; the one you see now is my variation on Binary Bonsai’s Kubrick.

5. Plugins are a snap to install and configure.

Cons
1. The comments suck, as in they don’t work. Methinks it’s because I used the comment form which came with Kubrick and not the WordPress default. There seems to be an escaped character which comes up and doesn’t render the <?php echo ?> correctly in the form elements. Using the regular wp-comments.php works fine though. And of course, using nested angle brackets will render an error, hence the use for the ASCII codes. Weird.

2. I can’t delete anything. Seriously, I can’t delete posts or categories and I’m logged in as the admin. WTF indeed. Fixed. It seems this is a Firefox 0.9.2 problem; odd, since I can delete comments in both the Firefox 1.0 aviary from last night’s builds, and Firefox 0.8. And worse so, I can even delete things in IE. *shudder*

3. If you click on the title of any blog post, it will take you to the individual archive where there’s still the dark brown bar on the right side of the navigation. It’s supposed to disappear (isn’t it?). Not sure why it’s sticking around. Maybe I’m calling the wrong stylesheet. Fixed! I just changed the damn color. Ha-ha!

4. This damn <? php echo ?> gobbledygook showing up in the comment boxes. I’m using the right codes, so why is it still there? Again, probably a Kubrick bug. I defaulted back to using WordPress’s default wp-comments.php, so comments work now. Yay!

5. Leaving comments will give you a 404 error, so don’t bother. You can leave comments; they just don’t show up. And there’s no comment moderation turned on. Doing a search for anything on the site will also give you a 404 error. Update: Also, 404 pages aren’t pointed to the custom Kubrick 404 page. Probably more Kubrick bugs, so I’ll get to digging. Methinks it’s something in the .htaccess file.

But for now, sleep calls. I’ll try to fix these errors in the morning. Feel free to bitch and moan and send me an e-mail. I might even answer it.