Website design software?

[Robert E. Seastrom]

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
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>
>
> 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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