I have WordPress envy. As part of our Internet Study, some of our teachers have begun signing up for blogs at Edublogs. As I’ve helped some of them individually, I’ve really come to like WordPress quite a bit. I haven’t played with it too long, but at first glance WordPress seems to offer more template options "out of the box" without having to tweak the .css files.
Googling a bit left me to believe that I’m not the only one contemplating a switch, but I hate the idea of screwing something up so I’ll probably leave it alone until perhaps this summer when I may have a little bit more time.
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WordPress is awesome. It’s a free download, and it looks like you already have your own domain name. All you’d need to get is some web hosting that supports php and MySQL and you’ll be set. You’ll end up paying about as much for that as you would for TypePad. Oh, and WordPress will be able to import all of your TypePad links, so you won’t lose anything in the process. There are a ton of third party add-ons that make the switch worthwhile, also.
I started with Blogger and switched to WordPress some time last year. I haven’t looked back since. Highly recommended.