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What’s the point for web designers/developers if there’s wordpress?
7 Comments | Posted by admin in web developers
I hear that they came out with wordpress and you don’t need any coding knowledge to make the site.
I’m asking this question as an exagerration kinda, I’m studying to be an interactive designer and it is a bit worrisome. So I’m learning how to use this also.
While wordpress is nice fundamentally, you may find that you want to add some feature that the system doesn’t already contain. Possibly you need it customized for your business, you’ll still need a designer/developer to implement a redesign and add new code. And then there are just those people who like to hard-code everything themselves and have total control over what’s going on in the background. In the end, wordpress is not a fix-it for every project, and is possibly even overkill for some.
7 Comments for What’s the point for web designers/developers if there’s wordpress?
Chris B | March 28, 2010 at 10:03 pm
K-N | March 28, 2010 at 10:49 pm
me too.. I could not depend myself on it
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Windowphobe | March 28, 2010 at 11:23 pm
I am deeply fond of WordPress – I run three blogs with it – but it will never replace the designer. For one thing, WP is tied to the theme concept, and not everyone is capable of writing a theme or of adapting an existing one. For another, while WP is extremely adaptable to many uses, the more plugins you tack on, eventually the slower it will run. Things that can be designed in rather than added on tend to be a smidgen more efficient.
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Blad3101 | March 28, 2010 at 11:33 pm
While wordpress is nice fundamentally, you may find that you want to add some feature that the system doesn’t already contain. Possibly you need it customized for your business, you’ll still need a designer/developer to implement a redesign and add new code. And then there are just those people who like to hard-code everything themselves and have total control over what’s going on in the background. In the end, wordpress is not a fix-it for every project, and is possibly even overkill for some.
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Winston | March 28, 2010 at 11:44 pm
It was programmers that made Wordpress in the first place.
This is to keep non-programmers under control and lost in a world of ignorance.
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Sky | March 29, 2010 at 12:32 am
‘CUZ THERE’S MORE TO THE WEB THAN JUST BLOGZ!!
YA! for example need app coders to build it, and web designers to fit the style to teh purpose of the website.
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avrisaac | March 29, 2010 at 12:54 am
It’s a better to hand code it because you know what your doing making your own code.
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There are some people who would rather hand-code than use an editor. This is because hand-coded sources are much easier to understand and comprehend. As well as being precise to the clients specifications. WordPress makes the source readable, but not easy to understand (aka messy).
Also, using a program like WordPress leaves a greater chance of making a mistake. With hand done sources, a mistake can easily be changed back to its former self.
Good Luck!
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