It’s easy to recommend WordPress to people inexperienced with web coding. Once you get set up, posting new content is pretty simple. That’s the idea of blogging. Quick entry publishing of whatever interests you.
However, this often leads to shoving equally, and sometimes better, selections out of the view of the “newbies”. Especially with so much emphasis on “well, with this one you need to know nothing”. A false statement.
The point here is that there is no CMS (content management system) that is perfect for you out-of-box. Even WordPress must be fine-tuned. If you look at your favorite blogs, all the things that went into making it a favorite didn’t come from “knowing nothing”. There’s custom themes, plugins (sometimes custom plugins), tweaks, and a background schedule – things the owner does often to keep it going. To cover a few bases.
There is no way of running a successful website, whether for hobby or business, without someone backing it up with a minimal amount of “knowing something”. Even if you learn just HTML, you’re still giving yourself a distinct advantage towards ending up with something you like. Whether using full CMS, just a framework, or going off and coding it all by hand.
So the emphasis should return to “what is the purpose?” WordPress should only be selected because it is the best fit for the purpose of the website. If the only part of the purpose it handles is “ease of use”, then it is necessary to keep looking. There are plenty other CMS to work from that are at least as easy as WordPress to use and many easier to set up.
If you need a starting point for comparing out many content management systems, Open Source CMS is popular for a very good reason. You can try out default installations for many open source projects and they are categorized by what kind of CMS they are. Such as blogging, project management, and full out site builders. Even if none of those particularly resonate with you, it will help emphasize that there are indeed many choices and make it easier to seek out other, more appropriate options than just grabbing WordPress.
It is best to learn a little and work a tiny bit harder so you can end with something to be proud of, rather than feel like you wasted your time because the easiest route was the wrong one.
