Well, that was a fun experiment of sorts.
As I wrote back in July, I converted my site to ExpressionEngine. I thought it’d be this great revolution for me. Instead, I just about fell off the face of the planet.
It’s not that EE isn’t a great platform — truly, it is. However, it’s a CMS. Really, it’s more of a content management framework than a CMS. However, for as much as I thought that’s what I’d do with it, to turn my site into some huge hub, it wound up kind of crippling my ability to just write.
Okay, it didn’t do that. That’s all me. However, I just felt this… this block. I didn’t like it. EE2 is a big improvement, but it’s still not quite right.
I’d also moved hosts at the time for awhile, but after doing some testing and experimenting, I found that really, DreamHost worked well for me. I even signed up for DreamHost PS, which is pretty great.
Also, upon returning, I realized I still had my old WordPress setup, still ready to go — but I didn’t just want to flip it back over. I liked the idea of at least staying in HTML5 with a clean presentation. I then explored the Carrington theme framework for WordPress. I used Carrington JAM (Just Add Markup) and basically took my EE themes and put them out into the file architecture here.
After a couple of nights and a little time, I think I’m set. I’m back in WordPress, just in time for the 2.9 upgrade. I’ve got my EE theme (courtesy of Evan for the design, my markup/CSS) in place in WordPress with the awesomeness of Carrington, and I just feel… it just feels more like home. It’s more me.
So, here goes. I’m hoping that the move back will open up my mental block a bit, and who knows, maybe I can explore Carrington a bit more in building my next theme.