You Can Put Lipstick On A Static HTML Site But It Will Still Not Be A WordPress Site

I run both a blog and a static web page and I must tell and agree with most of the points you have mentioned above.

It’s really far much easier and faster to update a blog or redesign it as compared to a static website. As a matter of fact up to now I have never been able to complete the changes I was doing on my site because of all the manual work involved.

Of course the go around with this is to use the includes file but still you have to manual insert the code that call that includes.

But with a blog, most changes are just a snap.

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It is pretty true that a WordPress site is more powerful and maneuverable than a normal HTML site.

But, most people today believe that WordPress is purely a blogging platform – which is a big mistake.

Most of my sites run on wordpress, and i’ve found WP to be a better CMS than any!

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Yes, but…. It all depends on how you’re creating your static html site. If you’re using Dreamweaver, then go with WordPress instead.

But there are other ways to create static websites. Arguably the fastest is to use a text editor to maintain a personal wiki and then to export it to html. Muse and org-mode (the best outliner on the planet) on emacs are two great ways of doing this. Org-mode can even be used to generate static blogs dynamically (i.e., each time you export the blog, an updated tag cloud and archive list is generated).

And then there are wikis, which IMHO are better suited to some of the things that people use blogs and complex CMS platforms for. In other words, a CMS like WordPress is quite “static” compared with a wiki.

Wordpress is a great platform. But let’s not forget that there are lots of ways to create and maintain a website (Drupal, django, any number of wikis).

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Effective information for me.After reading this post I do agree that wordpress is really a great platform so I am going to stop dressing up that static HTML website and I will consider WordPress for my next website. Hope the visitors will come.

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For company websites I usually use a static frontpage with widgets inside that load the content from wp – and a blog that is in the same design as the frontpage

It makes a lot of sense for me since pages and categories sometimes get in the way of a proper blog in a blog structure for lack of better phrasing.

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@big fish im starting on wp to see if it is as good as they claim – i know i am a bit late but i have been using joomla 2 long and all the paid mods and bad support is getting on my nerves

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Yup, I certainly agree with most of your points and comments. Static sites are a bit out dated nowadays. People demand much more updated information and the best way to go at it is blogs. It is easy to set up and basically few minutes of settings and your done. And changing it is also a snap. WP is the best CMS I've come across so far. It's simply the best

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Jeff, I totally agree with you and in fact, I do have plans to get my own domain and hosting. And when that happens, wordpress’s definitely my choice of CMS. The scalability is fantastic. The only concern is probably the fact that it can be quite a resource hog.

Anyway, you’ve got a great blog! I’m a new convert

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Yes, You are quite right.
Wordpress is easy to admin and use. It’s the big advantage of WordPress.
And if we want to see our pictures there – we can make the changes in theme!

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I have just recently started using wordpress for my mini sites as I used to make them from scratch in Dreamweaver. The reason I switched over is because of the amount of time it takes to make them – way quicker with wordpress, especially if you have some pre-made templates. Thesis is great too.

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totally agree, even if you anew user.. a ton of wordpress templates available in internet. the most interesting is, word aclaim wordpress as best cms in this year. above drupal and joomla..

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I agree with you, HTML coded sites or blog pages are quickly becoming a thing of the past. It is so much easier to set up and maintain a word press page and also adding extra components is simple, so your site can constantly be changed. There are other options such as Joomla or Moodle, which are also great CMS programs similar to word press and even better in some respects. Some web hosts even offer many of these CMS systems already installed; all you have to do is learn how to use them, which takes very little time and in the end you’ll have more control over your blog.

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