Help: Wordpress or Dreamweaver

I'm tossing up whether I should use WP or DW to create "sales letter style" websites? I have a long-term goal of building around 20+ sites - so they would primarily have a similar style/framework.

Using the search function on the DP here, people seem to be leaning towards WP (themes like OptimizePress) for ease of use, seo benefits etc.

But don't you think it's a bit overkill to use a CMS to create sales letter style sites? Let alone the periodic updates etc.

I have the latest copy of DW CS5 on my hard drive. Even though I have zero html/css knowledge, I'm prepared to learn through sites like lynda.com, online tutorials etc.

I also checked out the Clickbank Marketplace. I found most sales letters are typically static php/html pages.

So do you think my best bet would be to start learning html, or am I just wasting my time?

(Note: This question is specifically related to building minisites (sales letter style pages).

 

If you are just wanting a static site then you could use either. It would be down to which you feel more comfortable with.
If you use HTML (Dreamweaver) then you may find it a bit more time consuming to update the site as you would have to create the new page the FTP upload it to the server etc.
If you use WP then the site is a little easier to update however you may find this limited with the layout and templates that are on offer. For WP you don't need to know HTML.

I would give both a try though and see which you feel more comfortable with.
If you need any help PM me and I will see what I can do.

Cheers,
T

 

Both of DW or WP is a good program... just feel comfort to use it...

 

Wordpress is better.

 

Wordpress is easier and Google loves them.

 

Dreanweaver is the best.

 

Dreamweaver is definitely much better for all types of designing work

 

Dreamweaver is not for design

 

I agree. The "Design View" is like a shot in the dark at what it will look like and I mainly use Dreamweaver for the ability to use it as a FTP program so I can send my files with one hotkey rather then opening a program like FileZilla or doing it locally.

I have not used any other programs though so my opinion is very biased.

 

Dreamweaver is the ultimate weapon but it's also one of the hardest programs to master .

 

I wouldn't say it is hard to use for beginners. Unless there are some unknown functions I probably don't know, most likely. What are some of your fav features? I really like the ability to send my file im working on with ctrl+shift+U to my remote server.

 

If you need a xhtml site then dreamweaver, if you need a CMS then wp is good.

 

Take on dreamweaver learn it ! You will be glad you did.The good thing about the net today if you get stuck doing somthing then just do a search and 99.9% of the time you will find a tutorial showing you how to solve it.

 

Dm and Wp both are good But more frefarable for xHTML use dm and for CSS use cm

 

Wordpress is a content management system that is geared towards blogging by default. It stores/retrieves the content from a database and uses a theme system that generates each page dynamically.

At the very basic a DW site would just be a static site with separate HTML files containing the content for each page. Though DW can be used to build much more.

 

You need knowledge of html and css for both wordpress and building static sites in dreamweaver.

 

Both WORD PRESS & DREAMWEAVER are good but it depends which you can manage better, suppose u got error in any one then you should be smart enough to solve so think which you know better and then choose it.

 

I've used both and find WP a little easier to use and google does love it

 

Definitely wordpress. Especially if you plan to create a site with lots of content. You don't have to worry about designing each page or post with wordpress, while with dreamweaver you'd have to create each design for each page from scratch. You also don't have to manage large amount of files because wordpress will use database to store your content.

Hope this helps!