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WordPress has been and remains the default CRM since the inception of free/low cost hosting. The ease and low cost of multi-tenant PHP environments combined wi
by devmor 3y ago
WordPress has been and remains the default CRM since the inception of free/low cost hosting.
The ease and low cost of multi-tenant PHP environments combined with the incredibly massive resource base of themes and plugins basically makes it unstoppable for anyone needing something more than what Squarespace can offer in a budget web platform.
The fact that it can be shoe horned into doing so much at an "acceptable" level of quality makes it a nearly unkillable zombie.
- lmm 3y ago> WordPress has been and remains the default CRM since the inception of free/low cost hosting. Not quite. In the very distant past Movable Type was the incumbent and WordPress was the scrappy upstart trying to displace it.
- markdown 3y agoJoomla was the leader in CMS’s for a long time, until WP broadened it’s target market away from just blogs.
- lagniappe 3y agoI think drupal was a thing for a while too, but it didn't make much sense to me at the time.
- devmor 3y agoDrupal was very popular for people who reached the limits of what WordPress could do.
- 12907835202 3y agoLet's not forget Mambo
- below43 3y agoYour mention here is the first time I've heard of Movable Type.
- CharlesW 3y agoKid, have a seat. We've been hoping we wouldn't have to tell you this story, but it's time you learn about the Great Blogging Platform Wars of the last 2000s…
- deafpolygon 3y agoI have not heard that in a LONG time... that thing was awful, tbh. WP was amazing when it came along.
- j16sdiz 3y agoMT are mostly perl-based, and generates (mostly) static html back in its day. Free PHP web hosting was easier to find.
- hoofhearted 3y agoSo how do I kill this “zombie”? I know there has to be a better way using modern tech.
- jurimasa 3y agoYou need something that can: - be easily installed in a low-budget LAMP server - implement an online store in a few clicks - be used and administrated mostly by non-tech people
- hoofhearted 3y agoI believe I may have the first part covered. I created a react based content creation framework that is easily set up in a few clicks, and can be deployed to Vercel for almost free hosting. I’m working on formulating your second requirement now. Some higher level features will certainly require a backend of some sort, but my original hypothesize was to eliminate a backend server and database if I can. Some of my biggest challenges with Wordpress in the past were staying on top of updates and making sure my plugins didn’t get hacked. I’m thinking I’m going to offer a simple and cheap hosted version soon that non tech people can login to and administrate all their content.