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Freelancer Tip: This is a really good option for that professional who just wants a business card site & thinks they need WP so they can "update the content" on
by jmadsen 11y ago
Freelancer Tip: This is a really good option for that professional who just wants a business card site & thinks they need WP so they can "update the content" on their $10,000+ professional design.
Explain they are a doctor/lawyer/trader/etc & they don't want to spend hours getting their site just right & keeping it updated & hacked-free. Put them on a monthly retainer for $X and now you're building up repeat business.
WP is over-used in our industry and I like to see people looking at other options & explaining these to non-tech clients.
- Raed667 11y agoI can get behind this. Hosting a WordPress is too inefficient for a website with just a /index /about and /contact. Most businesses go without updating their websites for months/years, if we find a way to sell static websites to clients that would be a step forward. Unfortunately, in the mind of the client static=easy=worth less
- windowsworkstoo 11y agoThis is just a sales problem though - you don't sell a "static website" you sell the development, management and hosting of their site and that's where you build your margin.
- bdg 11y agoIf you need some content management and like Sculpin then check out Concrete 5, they're both based on Twig and Symfony components, but Concrete 5 has the CMS features you might expect a customer to ask for. Also worth mention is Zoltonic which is an Erlang thing (iirc it also works with Elixir). I've found it pretty easy to get set up with my very baisc understanding of Erlang.
- cdubzzz 11y agoEver tried Bolt CMS? I'm looking for a lightweight one right now and will check out Concrete 5.