Website design software?

[Dan Romanchik KB6NU]

And what serious security problem will WB4FJI encounter running WordPress on a personal website?  There are easily tens of thousands of WordPress installations that are humming along quite nicely. And as of version 2.8 or something like that, updating the software is as simple as clicking a button. 

73!

Dan KB6NU
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CW Geek, Ham Radio Instructor
Station Manager, WA2HOM at the Hands-On Museum (www.wa2hom.org)
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On Apr 17, 2011, at Apr 17,9:29 PM, Robert E. Seastrom wrote:
> There are a couple of reasons to *not* run WP at all, including the
> fact that it's crummy PHP code and a poster child for security
> problems.  The PHP security geeks seem to like Serendipity instead:
> http://www.s9y.org/
> 
> If I had a serious need to run WP, I'd absoutely run it somewhere as a
> customer of a service, so that keeping it updated was Someone Else's
> Problem.
> 
> Joomla, while not quite as bad, is routinely used to own up websites
> too.  Gotta keep on top of the security updates.
> 
> -r
> 
> Dan Romanchik KB6NU <cwgeek at kb6nu.com> writes:
> 
>> There are a couple of reasons to run  your own WP installation. First of all,  you can use any theme available, not just what wordpress.com lets you. The same goes for plugins. 
>> 
>> If I were you, I'd go for WordPress.  It's very easy to set up and very easy to change later when you want a new look.
>> 
>> 73!
>> 
>> Dan KB6NU
>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>> CW Geek, Ham Radio Instructor, Website Developer
>> Station Manager, WA2HOM at the Hands-On Museum (www.wa2hom.org)
>> Read my ham radio blog at http://www.kb6nu.com
>> 
>> 
>> On Apr 17, 2011, at Apr 17,6:50 PM, jason at thought.net wrote:
>> 
>>> Regarding wordpress, it's easy enough to install, but why bother?  Several providers will provide blog space for cheap (or indeed nothing, eg. Wordpress.com).  Using your own domain with them requires a little DNS-fu (and cooperation with the blog/cms provider).
>>> 
>>> --jason wright
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Terry Fox <tfox at knology.net>
>>> Sender: tacos-bounces+jason=thought.net at amrad.org
>>> Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:24:13 
>>> To: tacos at amrad.org<tacos at amrad.org>
>>> Subject: Website design software?
>>> 
>>> I've had wb4jfi.com and wb4jfi.org set up for a while now, using 
>>> justhost.com as the provider.  I haven't had the time, interest, or 
>>> knowledge to build up those sites, and have used some very basic HTML 
>>> editing to put anything at all there.  I now want to expand that site 
>>> some, but am confused on the benefits of various web tools.
>>> 
>>> justhost.com provides a simple "Site Builder" which is interactive and 
>>> web-based.  It also appears rather limited, due to the simple 
>>> user-interface.  They also support Joomla and Wordpress.  While these 
>>> aren't Greek, they might as well be.  I sort of understand that 
>>> Wordpress is a blog software package, with limited CMS, and Joomla is a 
>>> CMS.  I also have an HTML editor and simple web page creator from Coffee 
>>> Cup that I bought a while back.
>>> 
>>> What I want to do is be able to put stuff at wb4jfi.com without taking 
>>> up a lot of time and effort.  Every hour spent on building the website 
>>> is another hour taken away from SDR design, or other worthwhile ham 
>>> radio project.  I kind of like the idea of a blog, but not something 
>>> that takes up a lot of time organizing the thing.  I have a book on 
>>> Wordpress, and am reading through it right now.  It seems OK.  I also 
>>> have a book on Joomla on the way.  The thing that bothers me about both 
>>> of them is the setting up, and specialized software on the server required.
>>> 
>>> Oh, and one more thing, for those that don't know me very well, I have 
>>> trouble drawing a stick-figure.  I am NOT an artist of any kind!
>>> 
>>> Given all the above, does anyone out there in virtual taco-land have 
>>> comments or suggestions to help me out?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Terry, WB4JFI
>>> 
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