Back when I first started, the only program to even help was Netscape Composer. ACK It stunk! And trying to learn the code was madness for me at the time. The first employee I hired was a die hard Dreamweaver user and I refused to learn yet another way to do things (for about a year lol). It's a learning curve for ALL of us. I promise you none of us were born knowing how to do this stuff.
Of course, it seems to come a lot easier for my kids, who are now 13 & almost 18. So I'm outsourcing a lot of stuff to them these days
Mastering DreamWeaver is on my "To-Do" list for goals to accomplish within the next 6 months. WordPress is so user-friendly and it meets all my current needs. I think knowing HTML and coding is definitely a plus if you have a blog or website. Even if you have the funds to outsource it, you are not at someone else's mercy when you need something done or changed immediately.
Learning HTML and coding also gives you more insight into what's possible in terms of creating a custom website.
I use wordpress for all of my sites now. Some of them are blog format, others are just now getting to be a blog format and have hundreds of pages on them already.
We do have sales pages set up and those are straight sales pages I add to the hosting. The main one I can come up with quick is http://scrapfactsguide.com I bought domains for it, but those actually point to the subdomain on the site. The regular site is done in WP. I just put up the sales page in html
Other sites follow the same thing.
Last edited by busymomma; September 29th, 2009 at 07:11 AM.
Thanks, Frank and Val! Val, I'm going to check out your site and see if that's what I'm looking for. I really like WordPress and want to set things up right keeping the end in mind. I have some previous experience with DreamWeaver and will invest in it's latest version in the near future.
I think whether you want to use Wordpress or not depends on what exactly you have in mind for the site. If you're going to be writing and posting a lot in the beginning, I would stick with Wordpress. Then as it becomes popular you can consider other options such as a full blown CMS - MODx or Drupal. But Wordpress lets you get started quick.
You can always download one of the new 'flexible' themes and set your home page to a static 'page' instead of a posts summary in the settings.
It stunk! And trying to learn the code was madness for me at the time. The first employee I hired was a die hard Dreamweaver user and I refused to learn yet another way to do things (for about a year lol). It's a learning curve for ALL of us. I promise you none of us were born knowing how to do this stuff.
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