Habari vs. WordPress

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volomike
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Habari vs. WordPress

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I've recently gotten interested in something called Habari. It's got a slicker admin interface than WordPress, but lacks a TinyMCE plugin. However, I found one here:

http://www.twofishcreative.com/michael/blog/tinymce

So why Habari over WordPress? Well, unfortunately you would be correct that there's just so much community momentum behind WP, and more so behind that than Habari. However, what's neat about Habari is that it uses PDO, PHP5 features, and has a style among the files that any WP developer would feel right at home with. And, unlike WP which is MySQL-centric, Habari is cross-platform for SQLite, PostgreSQL, and MySQL.

As well, just like WP, Habari can be converted from just a blog engine into a CMS for a variety of situations.

And unlike TextPattern with its klunky language for the page text in the admin system, Habari uses HTML, which I like better. And with the TinyMCE plugin, it makes the HTML editing far easier for when I pass this off to a client.

Now, the disappointing thing about Habari is that it doesn't use an MVC framework and page templates and tries to stick with the WP model to some small degree. (BTW, the WP model means -- few theme files and the pages have tricks in them to reduce the amount of PHP that's necessary in them thanks to WP's object model and EZSQL's object model. And for the uninformed, WP uses EZSQL (a third-party component) for its database calls.) Therefore, if you prefer MVC, you'd likely have to fork Habari or choose something else. Otherwise, you'd have to get used to the WP-style of development with Habari.
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Re: Habari vs. WordPress

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Interesting. I use WP for my blog at the moment but I do find it's admin interface a little annoying sometimes and I nearly always post in the HTML view.

I'll be sure to give it a whirl some time :)
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Re: Habari vs. WordPress

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I use Habari for one site and it's definitely an option as an alternative to WP. It is in early development thought (now 0.6), so I wouldn't use it on important projects yet. But it looks very promising.

The people behind it started it because they weren't happy with WP, so it's logical they try to improve on a lot of WP's faults.

One advantage of Habari is that it's still in early development with a smaller active community. So once you do engage in the discussions on the development forums and mailing lists, you can actively contribute.
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Re: Habari vs. WordPress

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WP will remain on top for a long time, even if it is not so good, their promoting rulez...
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