We've been discussing expansion for different content management systems. Seeing front end and back end expansion was really cool to differentiate. After seeing all of the back end customization for Drupal, I wanted to look up what WordPress had to offer. I was surprised to see a lot of the same things [with quite a bit of variation].
For instance, I found multiple variations of CAPTCHA, allowing me to choose what method I want to use to ensure that users are not robots. One, for example, makes a user click and drag different items depending on the command that is written [Put the duck in the pond!]. Others provide math equations. One option had pictures of animals that the user had to identify. I tried it out about ten times, and I found that without a space or comma it didn't work. I definitely want to test these things out extensively, before deciding on one. After installing six different CAPTCHA programs, I went with a pretty standard version with distorted text.
I'm currently looking for an WYSIWYG HTML Editor for users [I already have one available in the back end of things]. When I find this, I will install it to make it easier for users to post with some variation in their text. I hate the little note at the bottom of every comment box that tells users which HTML tags that they can use in their posts. It's ugly and old. This would be a great replacement.
While looking for the WYSIWYG HTML Editor, I came across an editor that allows me to go to the front end of the website and create edits from there [much like editing in the live view in Dreamweaver]. This functionality is AWESOME! I'll show screenshots in my next post!
I'm glad to see that WP isn't totally useless! It has great expansion options! I'm looking forward to exploring more plugins :)
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