@Webzcas 251657 wrote:
I still have several static php and html sites, however, having a database behind your content and responsible for serving your content is a must I feel in this day and age. Hence, a CMS such as wordpress is great to get sites up and running quickly, so you can concentrate on your content.
My site casinos-online.co.uk is a php flat file site, apart from the news content, which is stored in a mysql database. This was a must, as the news gets regularly updated throughout the day and also by having it stored in a DB allowed me to configure it, so as and when we receive the articles, they are automatically uploaded onto the site. Meaning, I do not have to spend hours every day, having to manually add the news articles.
Yeah, I get that – WP does make things easier, especially when you have to make lots of content additions (like news).
For me it just causes headaches with having to keep up with updates on so many sites (200+) is just too time consuming. I suppose its ok if you only have a handful of sites and with really big sites, I can see why you’d need mysql to keep it all together.
I’m running a trial with creating a really big site with flat files, just to see how it compares to the big WP sites I’ve been running with. So far, it doesn’t take me much longer to upload a new article. I use simple html templates I developed myself, so adding the actual content is really just a case of copy/past out of a word doc – better for writing/editing too.
But I’m probably in a very small minority of website builders these days as it seems everyone and his dog uses WP :bigsmile: