Okay, I wasn't going to pipe in with my thoughts, but darn it
I feel that (X)HTML (and CSS even though this wasn't mentioned) is getting a bit of a bad rap here, girl.
While I agree with a lot of what you are saying, some of it I have to respectfully disagree with. I hope you don't take offense, at all, Serena, I'm just giving my probably somewhat biased opinion here...and hopefully a bit of a different perspective, albeit...biased.
Originally Posted by VBSOnDemand
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By: Serena Carcasole, IMVA
Traditional website creation using HTML is beginning to fall by the way-side as WordPress is becoming the popular and most cost effective way to create a professional webpage that will get your business noticed.
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I don't feel that traditional website creation is falling by the wayside at all, even though WP is popular. What I do feel needs to fall by the wayside is using tables for layout (not to push my website, but I actually added a section about why I don't like tables -
SEO being one of them), so perhaps that is part of the "old" or traditional way of thinking about HTML sites and not being
SEO friendly, etc., etc. Search engines actually
love valid (X)HTML/CSS!
Personally, I create way more sites using traditional (X)HTML and CSS than I do Wordpress sites. And what is the backbone of Wordpress...besides php? It is HTML and CSS.
If one isn't versed in HTML and CSS a Wordpress site is just going to look like the template used to create it...and similar, if not the same design-wise, to any other number of sites using the same template. Customizing your template to make it uniquely yours, whether doing it yourself or using a designer (and it doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg
), is to me, really important. (JMO
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I like sites that are out of the norm, and to do this you can utilize (X)HTML/CSS in very creative ways for a traditional site. Having this knowledge is a plus for anyone - whether using Wordpress or designing a site from scratch.
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Websites have traditionally been created using HTML code. Whether you choose to hire an expensive Web Master to construct web pages for you or if you have chosen to create one on your own, HTML is costly and extremely time consuming.
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Again, just from my personal experience, I work within my clients' budgets, so sites can vary greatly in price. A nice site doesn't have to be expensive, and if one is well-versed in HTML and CSS, it is not time-consuming any more than making a Wordpress template "your own" is (as in customizing it so it doesn't have that "template" look).
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Thankfully, WordPress allows users to create blogs that can also be used as full functioning and attractive websites. These sites are cleverly called blogsites and are easy to create, easy to maintain and are very SEO friendly.
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All the above being said, my new VA site is created using Wordpress, but it looks nothing like the template I used to create it. I didn't want my site to look like anyone else's "template," so even though there were times I thought it would be much easier to do a traditional (X)HTML/CSS site as I went along, I stuck with customizing it. And I am glad I did.
As an aside, I
am creating another personal VA business site using (X)HTML/CSS.
My plan, even before you posted this, was to see which site got more hits and PCs.
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You can update your Site Anywhere!
Typical HTML websites require a special program to update information and this in turn ties you to your Web Master or home computer. Using a blog hosting program however allows you to update your information from anywhere in the world.
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This is one thing that I totally love about WordPress! I can do this by logging into my hosting server, too, for my traditional sites, but I like this functionality of WP.
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Blogsites allow you to take charge of your own website and create and update as you wish. HTML doesn’t provide the same freedom and can cost you a lot of money to create a website that can attract traffic and create clients.
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One of the only things that I have found different is that I don't connect to my hosting service to upload revisions, which I like. But, when I do a traditional site it takes about 30 seconds to do so. If a traditional site is
SEO'd correctly ya should be getting traffic, too. And again, an attractive traditional site, or customizing a WP theme, doesn't have to cost a ton of money - it all depends on how much your time is worth and the frustration that can come with that vs having someone with the professional prowess to do it.
Oh my, please don't get me wrong, I really like Wordpress! Truly I do (I wouldn't have created my VA site with it if I didn't)! I just wanted to give a bit of a different perspective on this. I hope nobody takes offense, because it isn't intended that way.
Sorry, didn't mean to write a book here.
My
now, and I'm <ducking for cover>
Traditional HTML or Blogsite? The Answer is Easy!
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