Robert and Josh accumulated enough photos/emails of me to extort me to get me to get off my butt and join their little WordPress revolution. So I’ve been working with Scott Patterson (designer) and Veronica (my very own personal project manager) to switch over from my TypePad account to a “company” developed/hosted site. Practice what we preach we say…
I’ve been on TypePad since 2004 — having upgraded from a failed experiement with Blogger in 2003. Let me just say to Anil Dash and Mena Trott (founder of SixApart): TypePad rocks! I still love it…and will miss it greatly for this site. TypePad was soooper easy to use and made this widget addict very happy.
Unfortunately, that’s where I ran aground. To make something “sooper easy” means ultimately having some restrictions in some areas of design. While as esoteric as they may have been, ultimately I’ve found myself desiring the flexibility that WordPress offers (such as my desire to have translucent table backgrounds) . That…and I can’t help but try everything! My personal theme song: I like it all, man!
So here I am relearning CSS, and the vi editor, and all these horrid developer tools that I never had to mess with when TypePad’ng along. I’ll still use TypePad for lots of personal/family/friends blogs. Thinking of using VOX for Cub Scouts. But now — and at least for the next year — davidlaplante.com is powered by Twelve Horses and on WordPress. I ope you enjoy the design. It’s a work in progress - trust me ![]()















w00t w00t… have fun with all them tables, *cough* I mean divs….
Congrats on everything!