[kwlug-disc] Website management tools

[bob+kwlug at softscape.ca]

Squarespace.com advertises a lot on the podcasts I listen to and I've done some minor playing with it but I've never had a real objective to do anything with it.

Their pitch sounds good and I think you can try it out with no financial obligation.

If you do look at it, or if anyone else has an opinion, I'd love to hear what you think.

Bob (the other Bob)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: kwlug-disc [mailto:kwlug-disc-bounces at kwlug.org] On Behalf Of
> CrankyOldBugger
> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2016 9:37 AM
> To: KWLUG discussion
> Subject: [kwlug-disc] Website management tools
> 
> I currently have my wife's website running on WordPress.  It's hosted on a
> very cheap (i.e. free) provider that I got in under the radar, so to
> speak.  I have two other sites with this same host. With the constant
> barrage of security updates, site-related issues, and other WP annoyances,
> I've decided that I no longer like WordPress.  So I've been shopping
> around for an alternative.
> 
> All three of my sites are using WP, as a matter of fact, so I could
> experiment on one of my own sites before I start messing with my wife's
> site (as it's for her business).
> 
> I started these sites with WP as they really are simple blog sites, and
> back in the day WP was actually fun to use.  Now it's a pain in the <place
> where you don't really want pain>.
> 
> I was looking at Drupal but someone told me that it was very finicky and
> needed constant fine tuning.
> 
> Her requirements are relatively simple:
> 
> 1) Low maintenance for me (i.e. without the constant barrage of security
> updates that I finally gave up on and now ignore regularly)
> 2) Some way for my wife to post new articles in a blog-like fashion from
> her Ubuntu laptop or her Android tablet.  Please keep in mind that while
> she's very smart, she wants something very simple and easy to use (and she
> doesn't want to learn any programming).
> 3) We don't (at this time) need any ecommerce type stuff (we're not
> selling stuff online), but we would probably be open to some simple tricks
> like having a customer fill out a form with their contact information,
> that sort of thing.  So HTTPS isn't mandatory (although it wouldn't hurt).
>