html vc wordpress

wesley · #1 (**permalink**) 05-28-2007, 04:20 PM

I wonder if everyone would list a reason for staying with html. I am thinking about changing all my websites over to WP and will use my html designs but wonder if things might get lost in the shuffle.

I do not mean the data being lost but positioning, traffic, etc.

Can anyone give valid reasons why I should stay with the html??

thx for helping me make this decision

1mak · #2 (**permalink**) 05-28-2007, 05:32 PM

i think that this would be a good idea! cms system will make the admin and maintenace process much easier.

but you should take care of seo and already indexed pages .. prevent loosing a good pagerank.

RovingCalypso · #3 (**permalink**) 05-28-2007, 08:57 PM

Well a CMS is a much better way to do a website. The great thing about a cms is that although it provides great frontend with themes and plugins it also has a organized backend (for example wordpress).

yogesh · #4 (**permalink**) 05-29-2007, 08:48 AM

Wordpress is quite a good CMS solution, what you can do is a 301 redirect from your older pages to the new ones you create in wordpress. This way you wouldn’t loose serps or traffic.

alpha · #5 (**permalink**) 05-29-2007, 09:36 AM

Wordpress it the way to go.
You can also have a look at Drupal. It has some great CMS functionality.

Games master · #6 (**permalink**) 05-31-2007, 01:46 AM

Wordpress is one of the best blogging system.It has got all what a blogging system needs.It can make search engine friendly URL's.Also it has got many Plugins to make it more better.

SSJJ · #7 (**permalink**) 05-31-2007, 08:03 AM

Just go with it dude

Your site will rock

paranoid87 · #8 (**permalink**) 05-31-2007, 11:54 AM

why would you lose HTML when you shift to Word press?? i actually read on their FAQ's i think that you can have HTML pages too..but what the change is that the templates are different and are based on php rather than plain HTML..

i am not an expert on this though i do have a wp blog

joshua · #9 (**permalink**) 06-01-2007, 03:15 PM

If you want to update your site regularly then going for wordpress is a good choice because it will be a lot easier to maintain this way.
But if you have some pretty static content then stay with html.

kingjacob · #10 (**permalink**) 06-01-2007, 10:18 PM

you wont lose your html designs in the switch but be prepared to do a bit of converting to get your templates working with wp.

exculiber · #11 (**permalink**) 06-03-2007, 06:03 AM

Before you make the shift, I suggest you activate plug ins and features that will make your Wordpress site search engine friendly. It is also advisable to update your content.

neeraj23 · #12 (**permalink**) 11-01-2008, 07:07 AM

Firstly install plugins then do anything with html.I don't know actual reason but i thing your plugins is not activated yet.

jen.bas · #13 (**permalink**) 11-22-2008, 06:22 PM

This really is a matter of preference. Some people prefer to use WordPress, and others like to use HTML. We like to do a mixture of both. Heaven forbid that Google ever plays down on WordPress blogs, we still have our HTML sites, and vise versa. The trick is to not keep all your eggs in one basket.

angelinalove · #14 (**permalink**) 11-26-2008, 09:43 AM

Agreed. it depends upon the preference which one people want to use. I prefer both.

scroozlewis · #15 (**permalink**) 05-22-2010, 04:17 AM

I also use both. For the sites themselves, I will create it in Wordpess and then when I do landing pages for promotions etc, I use dreamweaver to create the regular html.
When they option in for more info and they click on the aweber verification link, I send them to the wordpress site again where they collect their downloads etc,

lukepedru · #16 (**permalink**) 06-05-2010, 07:15 AM

I inspect my needs first than I choose the software. If the site is not updated frequently like a static site or landing page, I would just create a static html site. If I plan on adding fresh content in a blog style, than I would choose wordpress. If I have more complex needs like a review section, video section, or a tutorials section I would use a CMS like Joomla. If it get's extremely complex than I would build a custom CMS. Wordpress is a great platform for blogging but if you have a complex site, you will have to customize it so much that it would be less time to use a real CMS or create a custom one.

josaphlewis · #17 (**permalink**) 07-02-2010, 04:55 AM

I am thoroughly satisfied with wordPress. It is a great CMS solution that can allow you to do a 301 redirect from older pages to the new pages.

alderney · #18 (**permalink**) 08-11-2010, 11:06 PM

yes CMS is the much better way to build the site, through this you can organize your data easily also if you don't want to loose your pagerank then you can give the look of CMS as static using Search engine friendly modules and plugins

cpace32 · #19 (**permalink**) 08-13-2010, 07:21 PM

HTML is less overhead, and faster than using a WP template. However, WP makes it easier to create new pages and content. It's a trade off of sorts.

jurwanwall · #20 (**permalink**) 11-25-2010, 10:11 AM

I know more and more people are using Wordpress as a way to build their websites. When I was discussing this with someone today, I was told that Wordpress was more when used as a database for a website than creating a html site. I do know that more and more sites are using the blog format for their sites, but is it really more popular than the way I do my sites?