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Jul 7 2017 07:44pm
My employer wants to create a website for his business. Doesn't have to be complicated but might need database capabilities in the future. What is the best way to start
this thing? some options I can think of starting scratch using notepad, using some premade template, using wordpress? etc. What do you guys suggest?
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Jul 8 2017 09:08am
So your client just wants static content for now? Don't start from scratch because there are free templates available. I like http://getbootstrap.com/ or https://startbootstrap.com/, but there are many alternatives.

WordPress has themes which accomplish the same thing. You can even make a WordPress website for free, but it will have ads. There are plenty of plugins which allow you to make payments, store data, all sorts of things if you get a business class subscription.

What does the client want out of the website? WordPress or a similar site is often the correct approach for small projects, but we don't know enough to give you truly meaningful advice.
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Jul 9 2017 11:49pm
Wordpress will get you up and running fairly quickly and has some pretty good plugins. This would be a good choice if your employer wants a site that will need updates fairly regularly.

If you're a bit more savy, you can look into Laravel which makes getting a custom solution built a bit easier, but would be better geared if you don't need updates to content that often.

Laravel:
https://laravel.com/

Some Laravel Tutorials:
https://laracasts.com/series/laravel-from-scratch-2017/episodes/1
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Aug 8 2017 06:26pm
Quote (BlindzF @ Jul 9 2017 11:49pm)
Wordpress will get you up and running fairly quickly and has some pretty good plugins. This would be a good choice if your employer wants a site that will need updates fairly regularly.

If you're a bit more savy, you can look into Laravel which makes getting a custom solution built a bit easier, but would be better geared if you don't need updates to content that often.

Laravel:
https://laravel.com/

Some Laravel Tutorials:
https://laracasts.com/series/laravel-from-scratch-2017/episodes/1


I agree with this. You can find premium themes that look sick and pretty much set everything up without ever touching code, etc.
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Aug 29 2017 03:55pm
I have a basic html template setup now but not using wordpress at the moment. I need to have multiple client programs send image and text data to this website now and the website should display them and maybe store them. How do I do this anyone know? If wordpress has this capability I can easily switch.
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