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Tumblr Recommendations
Since the inception of my little web space here, I’ve experimented with several CMS from Blogger, TextPattern, Wordpress, Simplelog (installation was a b*tch so I gave up on it) and now Tumblr and out of all of these, Tumblr stands out to me more because of it’s simplicity in use and variety of formats to publish. So while it’s great and it serves it’s purpose for me, it still has room from improvement in other areas. Here’s some recommendations for their next update:
- Display of archives: not particularly appealing the way Tumblr displays archives at the moment. I would prefer something more in the realm of Justin Blanton’s Smart Archives plugin for WP and the output is nice and clean.
- Search feature: Not everyone has the patience to sift through archives especially if your entries surpass the amount of men Paris Hilton has been with. For more straightforward findings, a built-in search feature should be implemented although Garrett managed to include a Google version to his blog (bottom of the page) but it’s not the same.
- Blog hosting: The ability to host your own blog is a feature to be much desired with Tumblr. There’s always issues that can arise during maintenance from their end but it’s more about knowing that all your content is secured on your own server. Blogger already has this feature available. Although I do have to commend Tumblr with custom domain allowability.
