Why I don't use Squarespace or WordPress
There are better options, but let’s review where these common solutions fall short and what I do to fix them.
Timestamps:
00:00 My Website Speed
00:49 Squarespace
03:40 WordPress
07:11 Static Sites
10:11 Search Traffic
12:10 How Static Sites are Generated
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Good video, although I don’t agree with all your opinions in it. That said if your site is so great open source it. Show me the code. That said you’ll probably never see this and probably won’t respond.
Not completely True tho I see a lot of WordPress sites dominating niches and on top when it comes to SEO so I would have to disagree with you there . I do agree that they are slow and have a lot of problems if you don't know how to build them correctly. The static sites is great for speed and quick changes. But most clients these days want to be able to log into there website to do there thing .So for this reason I can't hate these management systems. They help us . And help people who don't know how to code websites build websites . Also it's cost effective.
Pictureofhotdog is actually comparable to the size of your site, actually slightly larger and unpacks more. The second one is definitely slow just because of high hi-res images, which is expected with any service dynamic or not. Honestly i don't think dynamic really slows you down that much, and if it does you can always use some sort of caching. I think you're not that far off from just hosting your own python or go server which is gonna give you much more flexibility
Worked in the internet hosting slash web design world for 15 years. WordPress and the template-type platforms have ruined Web Design and especially webhosting, IMHO. I get it why its used… I do. It makes dollars-sense. But it's terrible, and "devs" and "admins" who support it, should feel bad.
Good video.
chris can you please fix the windows 10 2004 amelioration script link it keeps giving me a 404 error
I hate WordPress. Raw PHP/Html is my preferred way of developing sites.
4:20 Thanks Obama
BASED!
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if you have many static pages, and want to change site-wide text like title or categories, you have to regenerate all pages. with static site you do not have own comments.
Awesome video Chris!
Thank you for this amazing concept of static sites. Personally, i started to test Simply Static Plugin for WordPress yesterday. This allows to convert my wordpress website to a static one with a click of a button.
I still have the familiarity of wordpress but now I have also the speed of static sites. I can install WordPress in a completely contained environment (on a local host or even vm) and then push the outcome alone to the public. I don't even have to use heavy and slow security plugins because there is really NOTHING TO HACK ANYMORE!!
At the same time my site decreased from over 400 mb all the way down to 1,5 mb which is just completely insane.
If you want to or just have to keep WordPress and it's familiar environment but at the same time you would like to remove most of its vulnerabilities, Simply Static is definitely a way to go!
The only issue I have now is how to generate my xml sitemap for sites kept on the local host but with my main domain inside the file. I'm still trying to figure that out.
What if you need some interaction with user and add some server side php logic or somerhing else?
Typically love your videos, but this extremely one-sided. Professionally, WP is the right play 99% of the time. When it comes to actual marketing, gimmicks like Wix and Squarespace are garbage. If the dev knows what he’s doing, optimizing for site speed and security is a cake walk. And good luck even attempting to do SEO and schema on Wix/SS. All of our clients get WP, period. No negotiation.
i have extensive experience with WordPress/squarespace/ wix since in my previous job that was all i did for client's and i hated it so much. not only was the drag and drop experience frustrating to work with, but basic features would force uou to buy a higher tier membership. WordPress was my favorite but the constant need for updates and security concerns not only with WordPress core but the actual hosting provider was a pain point. sometimes the basics its the best solution. my recomendation to you is to use yaml files, or json data to populate your content it will make it easier to edit instead of doing inline markup. just my thoughts
I would love if you could do more Hugo tutorials. I have tried to use a few different hugo templates and failed. I know nothing about markdown, or any other coding language besides bash. I have managed to build a static site using Hugo, that I host on a raspberry pi, but it was very hard earned. A good tutorial series could be helpful.
So you literally think the most used CMS in internet should die? Static sites are always secure and being the most used CMS always makes targeted by attacker. There is no way you can compare by saying that static site is better, faster, more secure than WordPress because there is nothing to compare. I have seen WordPress sites loaded within seconds, using CDN. And you make a laugh about some random site with no proper setup and you think it only happens with WordPress? Can static site run without proper setup? You are just biased and every bad thing you saying about WordPress does not even make sense.
I've managed to happen across wp login pages so many times lol
just lol if youre not using geocities
Ok so I have been struggling with this the last couple months. It seems like there are a lot of very intelligent people watching this channel so hopefully I can find some help or direction at least. So basically I am trying to start my own tech repair business in my area. Now business 101 is you basically have to have a website to be succesful in the long run. What I want from my wbesite is basically an about page, a section with photos of custom builds i've done, and a section that has my pricing and links to my social media and email. Extremely basic and simple. I have looked at all the prefab websites like square space and none of them have a template I even remotely like, and when I try to make something work I am just not happy with it. So my question to all you is what do you think the best and easiest to understand way to build my own website would be? I don't have time to mess around and learn coding and all that. Is there any basically drag and drop solutions out there? Or should I just deal with having a wensite I don't like through squarespace just for the sake of having one. Also on a side note if you've made it this far and have the technical know how to build a website like I described, perhaps we could work out a deal for compensation for doing so for me?
Cannot find the video for setting up a static site. Can you please link it to me? Thank you!
Will you review fyde OS?
Funny, I'm looking at building my own site right now and this reminded me of Hugo. Thanks for that!
Thanks, i needed that
99u i can login if i want /admin works oops
No static sites are not the way to go. Just learn how to utilise WordPress properly.
Why do older lawyers use lotus notes? Why do Mac users require so much tech support even though they say they know it. Where does it end Titus.
I've been slowly switching everything to Md documents, even manuscripts for scientific publications. I love the flexibility of publishing to HTML/PDF and publishing a site from a git push. I also run a squarespace site and doing repetitive things through the web GUI is so slow compared to code.
How do you handle security, for a static site? I've not really seen anyone else talk about this side of things, which is a tad strange!
Why is it that I can no longer find the comment I left this morning?
impossible only half an hour ago i was in your website trying to figure out how did you build it , bcs i m trying to build one and i m a newbie . thank you for your work , a fan from Algeria.
Static sites are great if you have 100% control. If you are building stuff for clients, you are going to have a very tough time selling it to them. Especially as they are getting daily noise and half-baked opinions from everywhere.
Those services work for people that don't have or don't want to learn what they have to. Some people also aren't that comfortable doing this stuff on their own. For them, paying for a service to help them do it is worth it.
For more technically inclined people, it may be easy to do it another way. I learned HTML and css coding in high school, so a lot of the prebuilt things are very limiting for me. But for people who just want a low maintenance site that has 24/7 customer support, these services do a great job.