[Hidden-tech] Squarespace/Weebly vs. WordPress

[Shel Horowitz]

Many thanks to all of you who responded. I've passed it all on to the
client.

On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 9:04 PM Shel Horowitz <shel at principledprofit.com>
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.
>
>
> To which I replied (relevant excerpt)...
>
>> I know [Client] really wants to work with you, but I have deep concerns
>> about building on a platform that the client can't control. If
>> WordPress disappears, sites built in (but not hosted by) WordPress are
>> fine, though they became more difficult to update.
>
>
> I don't know if one can display the code from a Weebly or Squarespace
>> site, copy it, and bring it to another host. If that is possible, if
>> there's a way to strip out the parts of the code that are platform-specific
>> and leave a functioning HTML page, I would be a lot more comfortable.
>> Having seen Facebook first encourage and then sabotage FBML, and having
>> seen properties like Plaxo and some of the early free webhosts go defunct
>> and leave their users utterly stranded, I am not keen on building a site
>> that can only be hosted by one specific host.
>
> --
> She is, of course, right about WordPress. When it first came out, it was
> very easy to use, but now it often drives me nuts. I have one WP site
> that's built in building blocks that I can't seem to locate, and have had
> to go back to the designer (who is now unavailable) for very simple
> changes. But I think nobody has to use those features unless they want to,
> and it should be possible to design a site in less-fancy WordPress. And the
> big thing for me is how nervous I am about not having more than one hosting
> option.
>
> What would you do in my shoes?
> Shel Horowitz - "The Transformpreneur"
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Shel Horowitz - "The Transformpreneur"
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Contact me to bake in profitability while addressing hunger,
poverty, war, and catastrophic climate change
* First business ever to be Green America Gold Certified
* Inducted into the National Environmental Hall of Fame
* Certified speaker: International Platform Association
http://goingbeyondsustainability.com
mailto:shel at greenandprofitable.com 413-586-2388
Award-winning, best-selling author of 10 books.
Latest: Guerrilla Marketing to Heal the World
(co-authored with Jay Conrad Levinson)

Watch my TEDx Talk,
"Impossible is a Dare: Business for a Better World"
http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/11809
(move your mouse to "event videos")
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