[FRIAM] Quick cross posting re:website maker sugestions

[Tom Johnson]

WordPress Competitors - 16 Popular Alternatives to WordPress
<http://www.wpbeginner.com/showcase/wordpress-competitors-23-popular-alternatives-to-wordpress/>
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Mar 18, 2016 - In this article, we will show you 16 popular alternatives to
WordPress. Medium. Medium is a popular publishing platform. Ghost. Some
WordPress users who want to focus on blogging felt that WordPress is going
in a totally different direction. Joomla. Drupal. Jekyll. Tumblr. CMS Made
Simple. Wix.


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On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 12:55 PM, Gillian Densmore <gil.densmore at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all!
> I'm trying my hand again at making a fun place for people to work together
> on stuff.
>
> I've run into a wall were wordpress might not be the right thing to use.
> I've got a webpage i've been slowly starting for that at
>
> starfleet.gilsplace.net
>
> It's got a few bugs in the CSS. For example the center floating div isn't
> picking up google font rules. I hope that's a easy fix. I think I know what
> the problem might be.
>
> BUT
>
> Before I got any further I kept thinking: if I need a bunch of plugins for
> this place to do what I think I want...then it's probably the wrong tool..
>
> For example
>  think I want something where litterally while looking at it I can try out
> different set ups from fonts, menu's so so as it has fun star trek's
> starfleet type of theme going.
> I think I'm looking for is a fun futuristicy  type thing going that's fun
> and easy to use.
> I think I want the option to try to litterally be able to put tittles
> anouncements and  posts in different parts of the page while looking at it
> so I know what it'll look like when someone else goes there. (Hopefully
> they do!)
>
> It's only about 2 weeks old and that's when I ask myself: is this reely
> the tool for the job?
> For example
>
> One of my concerns is that if even getting it setup keeps having gremlins
> and needing 99 plugins to work. That  meen wordpress is simply the wrong
> doodad. That's fine. However I don't know what else is out there that might
> be the right tool.
>
> So recomend away. LOL other than: dude! get a coppy editor and speel
> checker. Yes I know it's got a few typos and spelling errors. But I just
> wanted to set up the first page, see how things look, and ask myself: is
> that reely the tool I want to be using? if not what is?
>
>
> TLDR?
> Hi I'm setting up a play nice website as a hobby and boy was that PITA to
> do in wordpress.
> Is there a better tool for this?
> Oh and here is the problem page with proof of a bunch of bugs:
>
> starfleet.gilsplace.net
>
>
>
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