It contains almost all of the tools of the traditional
WordPress software, but without the need for a local installation.
While WordPress.com offers writers tremendous flexibility in publishing options, the system
itself can be harder to customize than Blogger. The template is fragmented into categories
like CSS, Sidebar Widgets, Custom Image Header, and more, rather than being
condensed into a flat template. As you can see in Figure 9-4, customization is limited to
what the WordPress system will allow.
Finally, WordPress.com also offers free domain pointing, a la Blogger, but it arrives with a
fee of $10 per year. WordPress.com also charges for other upgrades, such as expanded
storage and full editing capability of the CSS.
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Figure 9-4. WordPress.com allows users to edit pieces of the template, but does not allow full access
to all the HTML driving the page.
TypePad
Six Apart, the company behind TypePad, is a pioneer of blogging software, having developed
the venerable CMS Movable Type, which brought simplified commenting, trackbacks,
archives, and more to the mainstream.
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