demonhale — Wed, 23 May 2007 03:38:32 +0000

Yep, and WP have so many selections of themes and plugins... you might go with that too... or if you want simpler management use blogger.com , they have an advanced option to install their engine via ftp...

pr0gr4mm3r — Wed, 23 May 2007 03:23:59 +0000

At first glance, they didn't look like actual templates because I saw PHP syntax, but after a closer look, I saw that the syntax are just functions and some conditional statements. I will probably end up using WP.

brady.k — Wed, 23 May 2007 03:04:45 +0000

Well, I don't understand what you're seeing the differences as.

Wordpress DOES use a template engine, but just not the same as a Smarty. All you have to do is open up the stylesheet and the templates, and change what you want. It's pretty simple, and just copy and paste the wordpress-syntax where appropriate.

pr0gr4mm3r — Wed, 23 May 2007 02:57:25 +0000

Template engines are easier to use IMO, however, I have been reading some tutorials on customizing the WP templates, so I may go with that.

brady.k — Wed, 23 May 2007 02:53:09 +0000

Why do you need a Smarty engine? Why not just use Wordpress to make their version of a template?

If that doesn't work, and you can't find anything (hotscripts.com is a good place to look)... you can always write your own. Excluding widget and user-customization options, blogs are very simple to code.