Advice on Chyrp
If you’re considering a move to Chyrp, especially if you’re currently using Tumblr and want to self-host, I’d recommend that you wait just a bit longer. Chyrp is going through a period of rapid updates. Since I made the move to Chyrp on February 6th, there have already been several releases with various new features and bug fixes. Keeping up with new releases has been problematic for me not only due to the amount of time it takes to migrate a site (and re-add code changes for my theme), but also running into migration bugs along the way.The last upgrade was especially problematic (v1.1.3.1). I had a problem accessing the database and all of the ‘Feathers’ that allow for various posting types - pictures, sounds, links, text quotes, places, etc. broke as the author of these Feathers hasn’t updated them yet.Chyrp is going to be a very popular open source lifestream platform, it’s just not the best time for large-scale adoption. Give it a few weeks.NOTE: I am still a big fan of WordPress, and am using it for a number of projects. I just think that Chyrp is going to be a better platform for a personal site that’s somewhere between Twitter and a full Blog.
