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Hackers,

I’m working on a project based on CodeIgniter. I’ll be similar to WordPress, but better. I’ve been working on and off on it for about a year, basically because I’d done about 20% of my back-ends in WordPress and about 80% in very custom back-ends, tailored very specifically to the users needs.

Most of my WordPress clients had a hard time figuring out how to use WordPress for the pages that weren’t inherently “blog” pages, and so I found that creating basic functionality for about 6 or 7 basic types of pages in a custom content management system was the best way to go. I realized that even though I had be tinkering with computers and code since I was 14, that didn’t mean that ANY of my clients had the slightest idea how to set up a MySQL database or what HTML was.

And so, I’ve been working on a project that I code named “Chi” (content handling/interface, but nobody needs to know that, b/c “chi” sounds way better lol). If you’re interested, thus far, I’ve been writing it based on codeigniter (or a very hacked up version of it), and I’d like other opinions/help. I’m a pretty good programmer and designer, and I’ll send you examples and a more in-depth explanation if you are down for the cause.

Basically I want to do a better CMS than WordPress. And I can’t do it myself.

I keep thinking what would WordPress look like if Apple made it? That’s what I’m trying to do!

Why don’t you help out with PyroCMS that already provides solid foundation for what you are trying to do. Also, I hate,hate to even try to tell you this, but you may have to play down your target aspirations about taking Wordpress down.

Why don’t you help out with PyroCMS that already provides solid foundation for what you are trying to do. Also, I hate,hate to even try to tell you this, but you may have to play down your target aspirations about taking Wordpress down.

I agree with the last part. You can attempt to make something better than WP and you may even be successful at it, but to make it go away and replace it with your new solution… That seems a little unrealistic. I don’t mean to put a damper on your determination on this, but you have to consider a few things before you even start thinking about it:

1. WP is used by some of the biggest companies (even NASA uses it)
2. WP powers millions and millions of personal and corporate blogs/websites
3. WP has a big developer base. Pretty much every (part/full/small/big)-time developer has done some work on a WP widget/plugin/theme at some point.
3. WP is free and is developed by a company that has enough money to compete with your new product if it poses a challenge (assuming that they are going to just sit there and watch your product take over theirs is nonsense).
4. Everybody has heard of WP, even people who don’t use it.

Again, I don’t mean to discourage you, but these are some of the things you need to overcome to maybe put a dent in WP’s market share (although I doubt it would be a big dent). Think about it: what, and how much of it, would it take you to go to CNN or Fox News or NASA and convince them to dump WP and replace it with your system? (or for them to do it on their own?)

So, I think that George Petsagourakis is right: set smaller goals. Or, if you really hate WP and want to drive it out of the market, get some major funding and hire good developers. Volunteers are not going to cut it.

Good luck.

1. I’m just glad that people have responded. (For a minute there I was thinking people would ignore the post)

2. Honestly, I don’t really care if “WordPress goes down”! I just wanted a provocative title.

3. I do honestly want to make a better CMS than WordPress.

I’m getting a video cast for people to see. I had alot typed then I deleted it, because I think the video explain better what I’m trying to do! Its about making the best CMS possible, not necessarily “taking someone down”, I really do hate WordPress though, lol.

I would work with PyroCMS, but I already have a lot done on my and through helpers and my new libraries, I’m already doing themes with code such as :

</p> <p><? if( there_are_entries() ) : while( there_are_entries() ) : get_next(); ?></p> <p><?=title()?></p> <p><?=content()?></p> <p><?=video(640,320)?></p> <p><? endwhile; endif; ?></p> <p>

etc… I have stuff like that for the store pages, photo galleries, etc. I’ve done a lot, plus I like my branding! lol

I should be able to post the video here in a few hours and then I’ll add a little more of a description.

You know, you got me with the title 😊 That’s why I actually gave you a real answer. But come on, you just want to mimic the syntax (I’ll call it that way) of WP? You hate it so much you want to copy it? If that’s all you want to do, you can do it with WP. Check out the BuddyPress plugin. You can write a plugin for any kind of data whether it be text, video, tweets, whatever. Besides, in CI you can do that with views, why would you not use that?

Anyway, I’m waiting for your video.