Own site vs wordpress

Yes WP can be most annoying. I too would rather build em from scratch and in fact I still do all my markup in Visual Studio then just cut & paste it to the WP pages. The main advantages for me is that WP has a world of functionality that I don't have to code and debug. Plus plugins and themes that I don't have to create. There also a ton of SEO features that WP and some of it's plugins such as Headspace 2 just handles almost automatically if you are planning on driving traffic from Google.

It's awesome at getting indexed. You can build and handover a site to a client and they are then able to make small changes/updates without having to resort to expensive help (and from my point of view those fiddly little changes aren't really cost-effective anyway...particularly with custom sites...most of the time expended goes into trying to remember what the hell you did; and it's MUCH worse if you weren't the original programmer). Content; the wordpress 'engine'; and look are all separated (if built right). If you want a totally different look, just throw a new theme in there.
(have a play with the 'View Different Themes' dropdown at my test site Codeimplode to see what I mean).
Finally, there's a free plugin for almost any normal site extension you can think of. Forum; survey; mailing list; forms; member site; whatever. Just throw a plugin at it.

It's mass-producing sites really. But it works.

I personally love Wordpress. It is quick and easy to set up, and the plugins are excellent. It takes away the hassle of creating your own blogging system or even content management system (with some plugins).

I also like to code my own websites from scratch, so I learned to develop Wordpress themes. I learned from a tutorial (I'm not sure where) how to make the barebones of a Wordpress theme, and now I just fill in all my HTML and CSS around the Wordpress sections. If any of you like I will share my "template" for that (just a few code files required for a Wordpress theme).

I use WordPress for a lot of things, and I like it. However, it's not good in every case. WordPress' SEO features are exaggerated almost every time. WordPress' output is, after all, an HTML document. Of course, WordPress plugins can make SEO convenient, but it can be an overkill if you're just creating a niche site having 5 pages. You can easily optimize by hand.

Let's say you're creating a bunch of Adsense or other niche sites. You could create sites from a custom HTML niche template. Having a lot of sites in one hosting account won't put much of a load compared to the PHP driven WordPress sites. Also, it's easier to create a clean HTML template from scratch than hack another WordPress theme. Also, it's a hell lot easier to transfer a static site than a database driven site.

Now, the main problem with the traditional HTML approach is that you have to do a lot of manual work. Adding your articles to the HTML pages, updating the navigation on each page etc. However, a lot of static site generators have popped up on the internet. They're useful for circumstances where a full blown CMS is an overkill.

So, even though WordPress is great, static HTML can still be a great option. It depends on the situation.

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Now, the main issue with the traditional HTML approach is that you need to do plenty of manual work. Adding your articles to the HTML pages, updating the navigation on each page etc. However, plenty of static site generators have popped up on the world wide web. They are useful for circumstances where a full blown CMS is an overkill.

I will take time to learn wordpress soon I think. I get irritated when I need to do something but must jump through hoops to do it. Two times I get used to it hopefully it will all be simple.

I used Wordpress as I was creating a site for the first time and I had heard that it is easier to do it in Wordpress. Rest I think there are many other good option then the Wordpress.

The features and function of working with Wordiness is just simply awesome and easy to build and run with any application.

Wordpress is the greatest blogging platform till date. This statement is admitted by the top bloggers of the world

To be honest I love both.So I build my site with wordpress blog.
It is good to own your blog.

wordpress is the best and easy accessible one

Wordpress because it's SERP optimized

WordPress is useful.
comfortable, more up to date, provides a wide area, treatyed with Bing, offended with google, there are good agents bla bla bla ) but very good wordpress. I recommend...

Wordpress has a pool of plug-ins. You can almost any plugin you want and you can do anything you want without knowing any programming just by installing a plug-in!
SEO, auto content generating, auto blog submission and .... !! Isn't it cool enough?

As far as blogging is concerned Word Press is the best platform because it is seo friendly its all plug ins are good for seo point of view.

- wp is great for beginners and advanced experts
- massive amount of free quality plugins designed by users
- very open source
- huge community, which is great when you need help

I have come to really like WP. You can create your site quickly and have the content that appears in half a day. With the click of a button you can announce to the bookmarking sites and sites of ping. I like that when I publish something, it will automatically ping. Any marketing beyond what is at my discretion. At least not sitting there until I have time because of the ability to ping.

I love to build my sites from scratch and add a wp for content as a page link, this seems to work for me. When I build my site from scratch I use graphics from my own graphic membership site imdoodlebee.com , and a free web software called BlueVoda. I created the graphic library just for the IM who love to build their own pages but have neither the time or skill to do it. check it out if you like, I give warriors a special rate. contact me on liquidmoon21@gmail.com

Wordpress is a boon for people like me who have zero knowledge of coding,yet i have managed to create 2 websites for myself The best thing about wordpress is:
1.You can select the theme to your choice,and change them too
2.Even if you dont know much coding,you can still create a good website.
3.The ease of use and availability of different plug-ins is a real boon.
4.A vast network of people to guide you if something goes wrong !!

If you are not keen on Wordpress and want to try out try some new things such as affiliate marketing or adsense sites then I would suggest using website design software. XSitePro as it has features built in for monetizing your site especially through these methods so I think its the kind of thing you are looking for!

The biggest advantage of using WordPress is that It is fast to set up a website using the WordPress and there are thousands of available extension that you can use to achieve different functionality.

You can create a simple blog to complex and high visitors website on WordPress. It can be easily backed up and transferred to a new host without much pain as long as you are little technical.

In brief, a good blogging and web experience with WordPress