Back when I was actively involved with TYPO3 projects, one item in my wish list was a login box for front end users which would allow granular control over pages where the user is redirected after successful login. Naturally, when Chetan and me got together recently to contribute a suite of plug-ins related to the front end user, this functionality was on the top of my mind.

Recently when I moved this domain away from TYPO3, I wanted to use it for a blog. I thought I had already decided on the engine to use, but various factors left me mulling for weeks on the final decision.

Until a few months ago, I had to maintain a multi user blogging system based on Serendipity. I actually wrote a one click installer for this purpose, but that’s another story. Though I was never a user of the software, I was impressed with the code quality and did not look much beyond Serendipity at the beginning. However, I decided to install WordPress as well for a comparison. Though there are comparisons available, I found that all of them were written from very different perspectives and did not address my needs from the software.