[Rhodes22-list] Website Development

[Frederick Lange]

Peter,

If you know HTML, simple enough.  But what the next guy will know is what
we're talking about.

Regards,

Rick Lange


On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 8:47 PM Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:

> As I mentioned, the prototype replacement website that I developed was
> done with hand-coded HTML and CSS.  Naturally, this was done with an eye
> toward keeping the code maintainable and as simple as possible (but no
> simpler).  The prototype can be viewed at
> http://sunnybeeches.com/rhodes22/ and the code can be inspected by anyone
> who cares to.
>
> I’ll admit to not knowing anything about Wordpress, but two different
> people have thanked me for NOT using it.  So,clearly, opinions differ.
>
> —Peter
> Currently anchored in Three Mile Harbor, LI, NY
>
> > On Jul 22, 2020, at 10:32 AM, Frederick Lange <sloopblueheron at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Mark,
> >
> > Good advice.
> >
> > I volunteer to administer websites for some nonprofits and a club.  These
> > sites range from averaging 5000 visits a month to less than 100.
> >
> > Most sites I have taken on due to the previous admin leaving this world.
> > The absolutely worst nightmare is taking on a site that has been running
> on
> > a private server.  Next worst to transfer admin is a site on goDaddy, and
> > it is overpriced.
> >
> > The easiest is Wordpress.com.  It is very inexpensive for nonprofits who
> > don't sell anything.  For content management, it only uses Wordpress
> which
> > is familiar to many.  So new talent is easy to find.  And support is
> > non-geeky and effective.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Rick Lange
> >
> >
> >> On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 9:57 AM Mark Whipple <mark at whipplefamily.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> As someone who worked in IT for years before becoming a technology
> teacher
> >> I have one caution. Whatever you do, do it with the future list members
> in
> >> mind. Someone else is going to have to maintain this site down the road
> so
> >> I'd suggest favoring basic, commonly-used technology over cool new stuff
> >> with bells and whistles. None of us will be list members forever and we
> >> don't have any guarantee that anyone who joins the list years from now
> will
> >> have the skills that some of you possess. Just something to think about.
> >>
> >> Mark
> >>
>