This past year I've been getting into publishing articles. I've been thinking about making a site for articles and blog posts. Something that would show off my publications. I a friend uses Squarespace which has nice products but I would like something with more economical. I don't mind paying a setup fee, but I would like a lower monthly cost. I'm wondering about registering a domain using some kind of software or site to put together a clean but basic looking site. This is my friend's site https://www.bijusukumaran.com/ I would like something similar but with an article and publication sections that look more like a new site to provide easier navigation for older content. I'm pretty handy with a computer but haven't done any web design since high school. I don't mind a bit of a learning curve as long as maintenance and adding new content isn't overly laborious.
It seems a good place to start. I'm tinkering with it. If I get something decent I will look into getting my own domain to transfer it to.
I run my sites on self-hosted WordPress, which works fine. If you don't want the hassle, use WordPress.com (not .org, which is the host-it-yourself version) and let someone else take care of the technical stuff. Alternatively, if you're looking for a built-in audience and would like to get paid, Medium.com has built-in monetisation and is free for writers to use.
I don't expect a huge flood of visitors but this is something to consider as I get more serious about writing. I don't really want to have to deal with HTML or any other web language as I only need a basic personal site. I whipped something together with WordPress that is at least presentable in 2 days.
If you want to self host, tsohost are very good. But there’s loads of places you can have a free blog on a subdomain. Tumblr even!
iirc wordpress themselves do too... <your name here>.wordpress.com +1 for TSO... unless you need email [or more sepcifically, email that works]... then i'd looks elsehwere...
This is a useful article for anyone choosing between WordPress and Medium WordPress vs. Medium – Which One is Better? (Pros and Cons)
I will look into this later. I think it is easy to migrate with WP at a later date. I have a basic site which I will add some credibility to article pitches.
re: wordpress plugins - Yoast [SEO], even the free version, is worth installing... one to be careful with - jetpack [which brings all/most of the wordpress.com features to a wordpress.org install]... some people swear by it... i mostly ended up swearing at it...
I've created a website and started adding content. I've found that the theme I started with is very limited. Also, I can't use plugins unless I upgrade from a free plan and pay a monthly fee. I want to try a new theme but I don't know how long it will take and I want to have a backup in the event it doesn't work out. I can't figure out how to backup my site without upgrading to use plugins.
I tried looking on the WordPress site but I couldn't find a forum. Searching for information on backup only gave plugins. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
I managed to get the site up and running with connent. When I finish this trip I will change the theme now. The pain is that it doesn't seem that I can perform a back-up of the site. This requires add-ons which require a premium account to use.
you can backup the website without having to pay. If you have access to the FTP and phpMyAdmin/MySQL database. Just download all of the files normally located in the "public_html" folder on the ftp and dump the SQL to a file and save these in a secure location.
