A large portion of people who want websites for their business, home recreation, or for their soccer team don’t want to consume time putting up a website because they have lives of their own. So they download WordPress, Joolma, Drupal, or Oxite and upload it to their server and bing bang boom instant website (a common relation to ramen noodles). Its fast, its easy, and requires no effort (or knowledge) whats so ever. But is that the true way to start a website?
It depends.
Initiative and purpose are the two main factors for initial website development.
I have a blog with simple to complex features but I need a content posting system that is only meant to be viewed for paid customers that have paid for previous products from my e-commerce site. WordPress vs Custom Site.
My ecommerse site needs to be linked with my credit card processing company but I also need information from my private server to be pulled to the clients. Magento vs Custom Site.
I need a customize management site but I also need my site to have capabilities of processing surveys and quizes. Drupal vs Custom Site.
Sometimes people take the easy and painless route because its the best option that fits their needs but others take the “bottom up” route so all the credentials are met properly. When first starting a website, don’t immediately think “okay I need to make this file, and find that file…” when the resource is already out there for you to use. But also don’t beat around the bush and trying to make a half ass job by finding “plugins” that require to do a very specific job like pulling info off a private server every 10 minutes.
Of course most of these open source systems, ready-out-of-the-box applications are very versatile to people’s needs, sometimes it’s easier creating a custom site because there’s no learning curve (like Drupal has) and the sky is the limit.
Part 2 will be the process in starting up a custom made website .
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