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<div class="moz-forward-container">I agree - I think refusing to use
an open source platform is an excuse and an indicator of the
weakness of the designer.<br>
<p> It is also a method of locking in clients - just like
requiring clients to give the designer control of their domain.<br>
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That said, including that I personally prefer Wordpress after
years of using various platforms including WP and Joomla,<br>
I think the reason being 'hard to maintain' is overplayed and a
measure more of not properly training their clients<br>
and pushing web solutions for clients not really able to handle
them.<br>
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As such, there are simple approaches in design of templates that
allow clients to do what they need.<br>
These may be designers but are not web designers and are likely
to cut corners in the end.<br>
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I will add there are specialty platforms that are not web sites
that might fit clients better, Facebook/Instagram being two.<br>
Or an even more special one like Patreon <br>
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<p>Rich<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/10/2021 6:04 PM, Shel Horowitz
via Hidden-discuss wrote:<br>
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<div>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:</div>
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rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">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.</blockquote>
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