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Using Chyrp for Bridget’s Site

by Brian Warren on 21 January, 20081 Comments

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A few weeks before Bridget’s Big Debut, I registered bridgetwarren.com. Anna and I were keeping the name a secret, so I felt pretty clever. I put up a static page and taught myself BlueprintCSS as an exercise in making a simple page for her site. It was fun, but I knew a single .html page wouldn’t last long as her website.

Fifteen days after she was born, I installed Chyrp, a lightweight blogging engine that gives a bit more oomph than Tumblr, but doesn’t aspire to be a powerful CMS. An hour or two of tweaking and designing, installing a few “feathers” and modules, I had a pretty much perfect site with some “static” pages, an RSS feed, and the ability to post new stuff on a whim.

To be honest, I enjoy posting more on Chyrp’s system than Expression Engine. There’s something to be said about an application that does just a few things very well. The aesthetics and usability of a tool that’s designed for one task are always going to be better than a multi-use tool.

I may or may not keep using Chyrp. So far, the Bridget site has been a fun little area to make little micro-experiments, so for now I’ll keep using it as that. I’ve been pleased with the results so far.

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  1. Of course. I wouldn’t hesitate to admit I enjoy fiddling with Bridget’s site, due to the subject matter. It’s a pretty rewarding topic. :D

    § By Brian Warren at 4:08am on March 02 2008

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