Comments on: WordPress.com starts to monetize http://www.blogherald.com/2006/08/04/wordpresscom-starts-to-monetize/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:30:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sharath http://www.blogherald.com/2006/08/04/wordpresscom-starts-to-monetize/comment-page-1/#comment-109194 Sharath Mon, 07 Aug 2006 16:20:41 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/08/04/wordpresscom-starts-to-monetize/#comment-109194 Is the upgrade cost $15 per month or per year ? Is the upgrade cost $15 per month or per year ?

]]> By: Negocios 2.0 | Macropsia http://www.blogherald.com/2006/08/04/wordpresscom-starts-to-monetize/comment-page-1/#comment-108914 Negocios 2.0 | Macropsia Sat, 05 Aug 2006 21:20:53 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/08/04/wordpresscom-starts-to-monetize/#comment-108914 [...] En The Blog Herald explican un poco más el funcionamiento de estos upgrades. [...] [...] En The Blog Herald explican un poco más el funcionamiento de estos upgrades. [...]

]]> By: Marc http://www.blogherald.com/2006/08/04/wordpresscom-starts-to-monetize/comment-page-1/#comment-108754 Marc Fri, 04 Aug 2006 23:47:28 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/08/04/wordpresscom-starts-to-monetize/#comment-108754 <em>"The first upgrade available is Custom CSS, a way for users who doesn’t like the available themes and would like to edit them."</em> As a long time WP user, 3 years and counting, I think it's the best system out there. I have two blogs hosted on a pay service and love its adaptability via CSS. I also have a single blog hosted by the .com side of the WP house. While I would love to be able to customize the .com blog I feel no great need to shell out even the small 15 bucks a year to do it. Why? There are to many other services, blogger is one and there are many that use the mu version of WP that allow CSS customization without the cost. WP has maintained all along CSS editing would open the service to possible security breaches. So now they allow it for a fee but fail to note what has been changed internally to plug the security breaches they claimed were existent. Something doesn't smell right with the whole episode. And I ain't buying their story, or their CSS ploy for cash. “The first upgrade available is Custom CSS, a way for users who doesn’t like the available themes and would like to edit them.”

As a long time WP user, 3 years and counting, I think it’s the best system out there. I have two blogs hosted on a pay service and love its adaptability via CSS. I also have a single blog hosted by the .com side of the WP house.

While I would love to be able to customize the .com blog I feel no great need to shell out even the small 15 bucks a year to do it.

Why? There are to many other services, blogger is one and there are many that use the mu version of WP that allow CSS customization without the cost. WP has maintained all along CSS editing would open the service to possible security breaches.

So now they allow it for a fee but fail to note what has been changed internally to plug the security breaches they claimed were existent.

Something doesn’t smell right with the whole episode. And I ain’t buying their story, or their CSS ploy for cash.

]]> By: Darnell (Inside Orkut) http://www.blogherald.com/2006/08/04/wordpresscom-starts-to-monetize/comment-page-1/#comment-108718 Darnell (Inside Orkut) Fri, 04 Aug 2006 17:38:45 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/08/04/wordpresscom-starts-to-monetize/#comment-108718 Although I hear a lot of praises about Word Press, I am not that much impressed by the "upgrading" feature. There are a lot of other places that allow you to customize your site (with or without html skill) for free (such as ModBlog.com). One reason I like blogger and think its better (IMHO) is that they allow you to customize it for free, and their are similiar services like them in existance that do not charge users for template customization. Word Press may have to find another way (long term wise) to bring in funds as they may not be able to compete against more "liberal" services. Although I hear a lot of praises about Word Press, I am not that much impressed by the “upgrading” feature. There are a lot of other places that allow you to customize your site (with or without html skill) for free (such as ModBlog.com).

One reason I like blogger and think its better (IMHO) is that they allow you to customize it for free, and their are similiar services like them in existance that do not charge users for template customization.

Word Press may have to find another way (long term wise) to bring in funds as they may not be able to compete against more “liberal” services.

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