Comments on: Ways to get a Website in a hurry

By: Michael Alan Bielat

Michael Alan Bielat — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:33:12 +0000

Great article! WordPress is by far my favorite! Thanks for sharing and keep them coming.
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By: Jude Maro

Jude Maro — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:11:53 +0000

Hey there, I’m having difficulties loading your site. Just about 50 percent of the page seems to load, and the remaining is just blank. I am not quite certain why…. but you might want to take a look. I will check back later on, as this could possibly be my browser fault.

By: Tzaddi

Tzaddi — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:36:02 +0000

Glad you liked it, Louise.

Your son might do well to just start by putting the work on Flickr. There’s still friending and commenting on Flickr which he might like, but it’s not the walled garden like Facebook so there’s possibility of discovery & new connections.

Then if he wants he can pull photos into a WordPress site. I know there’s at least one widget available on WordPress.com that will pull in thumbnails of the photos. And with self-hosted there’s lots of possibilities for pulling Flickr sets into galleries, etc.

A nice benefit of having a little starter site before you hire a web designer is that you have more of a sense of what content you want to show, what limitations you’ve run into with these systems or your skills, etc. Kind of like having a rough sketch of your ideas to take to an architect.

By: Louise

Louise — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:11:37 +0000

This is a very helpful post for people who just don’t know where to start Tzaddi. I’m going to forward it to my son who is a student and an artist. He just posts his work on Facebook at the moment, but I’ve been telling him that he needs a site of his very own. Thanks!
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By: Tzaddi

Tzaddi — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:43:11 +0000

Good points, Laurie. I never even look at those tools that come with the hosting. I think they just build them to the point of being able to say they have that feature, then forget about them. So they remain barely usable junk. Whereas, WordPress is constantly pushed & pulled into the future with all the fabulous contributions of the open-source community.

And no, having the tools doesn’t make you a dentist (or a carpenter, a mechanic…). There is a lot to be gained by working with a professional web folk (designers, marketers, etc.) who can give the edge that many people probably don’t even know they were missing.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:52:46 +0000

The one type of solution I would stay away from is the smallest starter packages that are usually free or ‘cheap’ with your domain name registration at the various registrars. These tools are very awkward and time-consuming to use, constantly frustrate users with limited functionality at crucial junctures, and leave your data unusable for when your site puts on big pants with a real from-scratch redesign.

And hey, you wouldn’t let me drill out your cavities, would you? So think for a minute before you take your brand’s reputation in your hands. Don’t be penny-wise and pound-foolish, because it will cost you much more than you think in the long run.