I'm confused: Wordpress or static HTML??

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by gabby6480, Mar 20, 2011.

  1. #1
    I need to create 10 minisites in different niches to sell ebooks through Clickbank. The homepage would obviously be the sales letter, plus about 20 other pages for the affiliate area, privacy etc.

    Now when I visit websites that specialise in building these 'sales letter' style sites, they all seem to be building it using xhtml and css.

    Then I keep hearing Wordpress is all the rage - easy to use, heaps of themes and plugins, fastest way for a newbie etc - so I'm confused.

    What should I use to build my 10 static sites?
     
    gabby6480, Mar 20, 2011 IP
  2. ServerUnion

    ServerUnion Peon

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    If you have limited knowledge of HTML and site design, I would go with wordpress. Even with wordpress you can upload static pages if needed.
     
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  3. greg2008

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    Wordpress. No question.

    Even if you have knowledge of HTML, I would still go with Wordpress. It's predictable. It's consistent across all browsers. It rocks.

    Install, pick a theme, add content. Done.
     
    greg2008, Mar 20, 2011 IP
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    I recommend WordPress, because it's very easy to use and it doesn't take you much time to learn how to use. Besides, there are many useful plugins which can work for WordPress. I think it may useful than creating html files by yourself.
     
    susan_ham, Mar 21, 2011 IP
  5. winternet

    winternet Active Member

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    Hi,

    i would recomment wordpress as well. First it is very easy to install, to maintain and it produces validated websites. Second, there are tons of templates on the net you can use. Check themeforest.net for very good ones!

    If you have further questions, let me know!

    winternet
     
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  6. Chronister

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    If you want something done quickly and easy to maintain, then using a CMS like WordPress is a good idea but if you actually want to know how things like HTML work then I would recommend designing your own web page. It doesn't have to be fancy; it just has to be easy to use and have good content.
     
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  7. illspirit

    illspirit Active Member

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    I would say HTML/CSS so you can learn something.
     
    illspirit, Mar 21, 2011 IP
  8. kreativi

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    Go for Wordpress. By using it you can set the main page to static and add additional pages and posts as well. It will be good in further expanding your site in future as well.
     
    kreativi, Mar 21, 2011 IP
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    go for wordpress, easy cms, and no problem with plugins.
     
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    Definitely, WordPress CMS. It's quit good having huge set of plugins, themes, easy to design a website and much more can be done with WP.
     
    jacobatwood, Mar 22, 2011 IP
  11. shweta_87

    shweta_87 Greenhorn

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    I recommend WordPress, because it's very easy to use and it doesn't take you much time to learn how to use.
     
    shweta_87, Mar 22, 2011 IP
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    Definitely Wordpress will be perfect choice, I am using Wordpress...
     
    webdesire1, Mar 22, 2011 IP
  13. techntuts

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    Just use wordpress blindy... This is the best way to manage your sites and it would be difficult in future to manage HTML sites. Also there are many plugins available for wordpress sites to help you optimize your site better...
     
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  14. aemiliya

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    I'm not sure about this, I think Wordpress is a static pages.
     
    aemiliya, Mar 22, 2011 IP
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    For building 10 sites I would probably use xhtml/css to save some resources on my web hosting account - as for Wordpress you need a MySQL database.
     
    andrej, Mar 22, 2011 IP
  16. freshgreenlove

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    try wordpress because in wordpress any setting for static page
     
    freshgreenlove, Mar 22, 2011 IP