When webdesigning, do you tend to make everything more organize and easier by making some kind of custom management system (CMS)? Let's say you make a photoshop tutorial site, do you tend to make a CMS for easier adding/uploading tutorials where you just fill out a form, and boom its added to your website or do you hard code them? (Same thing with link exchanges, etc.)
Hey I create photoshop tutorials and I use Wordpress for my CMS, I also have a plugin which automatically resizes the images, a screenshot for example. All the work is done for me, so no coding is needed. Check out one of my tutorials: http://www.lifeofstrange.com/photoshop-tutorials/modern-glossy-style-header/
Usually I don't even come to the point where I need to think of a CMS Most of the time I keep it simple (x)html with css and I just implement premade scripts
Even though I use WordPress to manage my site(s), there's still some basic HTML involved when writing posts to keep the code valid. I must say that using a CMS is much more easier and organized than using static pages (or static pages with includes).
>>M57 Wordpress itself validate code. you don't need to worry about it. Just write tutorial and post. >> Handcoding coding very thing is tidious process for authors like Photoshop experts. Wordpress is best for personal publishing. >>life of strange, I like your site very much. >> vizuke. Word Press and PHP Link Directory.
Even if it does validate the code, it won't be a clean code. Besides, i'd rather get more control over the markup of what i'm posting.
Depends on how much the client wants to pay. If they want a Custom Content Management they have to assess if it’s best for them… do they need to add regular articles? If they don’t want a CMS then you can charge them a fixed amount per page change and another slightly higher for a new page. Either way you win.