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I would argue that it could be made possible to allow folks to get domains, hosting and software that they control as easily as buying a toy on Amazon. Domains,
by shanselman 14y ago
I would argue that it could be made possible to allow folks to get domains, hosting and software that they control as easily as buying a toy on Amazon. Domains, DNS and hosting setup doesn't need to be hard - it's hard because no one has tried to change it.
- jessedhillon 14y agoI have to disagree. Dreamhost makes it very simple to register a domain and have WP installed. Wordpress.com makes it simpler still. How much simpler does it need to be? Everyone knows what WordPress is, I think people who entertain the idea of publishing are aware of their options now. The draw of social networks is that there is a low friction process -- facilitated by an interested party -- which makes it very easy to go from ideation to publication. Until very recent versions of WP, it was a pain in the ass (from a regular user's perspective) to simply post a set of pictures along with some thoughts. If we look at your set of questions, something like e.g. Facebook provides answers to all of them which are, yes unsatisfying, but the trade off is a low-effort process. EDIT: Also, out of curiosity what do you use to host your site, and how/why did you choose it?
- shanselman 14y agoWell, arguably it has to be as easy (and hip and fun and attractive) as signing up for Twitter.
- ThomPete 14y agoEasier but yes.
- ThomPete 14y agoNot really. It's still very hard for the average person.
- revorad 14y agoWeebly has actually done this already, but their main selling point is a website. The blog is just one of the components.