[Hidden-tech] Fwd: Squarespace/Weebly vs. WordPress

[Rich@tnr]

I agree - I think refusing to use an open source platform is an excuse 
and an indicator of the weakness of the designer.

It is also a method of locking in clients - just like requiring clients 
to give the designer control of their domain.

That said, including that I personally prefer Wordpress after years of 
using various platforms including WP and Joomla,
I think the reason being 'hard to maintain' is overplayed and a measure 
more of not properly training their clients
and pushing web solutions for clients not really able to handle them.

As such, there are simple approaches in design of templates that allow 
clients to do what they need.
These may be designers but are not web designers and are likely to cut 
corners in the end.

I will add there are specialty platforms that are not web sites that 
might fit clients better, Facebook/Instagram being two.
Or an even more special one like Patreon

Rich

On 8/10/2021 6:04 PM, Shel Horowitz via Hidden-discuss wrote:
> Hi, folks.
>
> I have a client who is really set on using a web designer who works on 
> these proprietary platforms and doesn't do WordPress. I expressed 
> concern about these sites' lack of portability and got back this response:
>
>     None of the platforms I work on can be independently hosted; they
>     must be hosted on their proprietary platforms. WordPress sites can
>     be hosted independently, but I chose not to work on WordPress
>     because I find it hard to design on and hard for those who want to
>     maintain their sites themselves. Most of my clients are ok with
>     adding minor updates like new text on these platforms, but usually
>     come back to me for adding new pages. With that said though, I
>     chose Squarespace and Weebly (and Square Online, which runs on
>     Weebly) because I deemed these were the easiest website builders
>     for non-tech people to use after testing a number of products.
>
>
>
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