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Why WordPress? I'll take a simple static website over wordpress anytime. With wordpress: - you are now suddenly also a database administrator - the different
by tasuki 3y ago
Why WordPress? I'll take a simple static website over wordpress anytime.
With wordpress:
- you are now suddenly also a database administrator
- the different people touching the admin interface will break things in subtle ways
- welcome an incomprehensible security nightmare into your life
Yes, wordpress is extremely easy to set up. Maintain? Nope!
- sho 3y agoIn my experience there is absolutely nothing "simple" about a static website, especially one that is going to be used by other people. If it was my personal blog or something, sure. A website for a non-technical friend with a business who wants to be able to post updates, etc? Omg no. No no no no no. Good managed wordpress starts at like $10-20/month. All those problems you mention go away, you can even do things like rollbacks if someone breaks something. If what you want to do fits into what WP can do pretty well, it's a no-brainer.
- tasuki 3y ago> A website for a non-technical friend with a business who wants to be able to post updates, etc? Omg no. No no no no no. I co-organise an event with a non-technical friend. Previously it was using some sort of a custom cms which was hell. I set it up with Jekyll, created a GitHub account for my friend and taught him markdown (five minutes perhaps). Yes he breaks things occasionally. That's fine! Everything is versioned, so I can easily fix things.
- sho 3y agoI see your definition of non-technical is a little different from mine...