A friend asked me what a fast way was to get a simple web site up. I believe this would be one advertising a small consulting business. Suggestions so far are Wordpress or Drupal. Thoughts?
I find Wordpress an order of magnitude easier to manage than Drupal; it only gets annoying when you get into tweaking design :) I further suggest getting hosting on Dreamhost, where they'll handle all the server-side nonsense for you and let you install WP with one click.
i'd avoid drupal for the beginner. for sheer speed of setup - e.g. from zero to "i have a functional and non-shitty looking site" in under two hours...
create a free site at wordpress.com. (last i checked, your content should be portable to a self hosted wordpress instance later.) have your domain name redirect to the wordpress page. wordpress has its shortcomings, but wins in the beginner category.
also worth a look: typepad.com (hosted movabletype, not sure whether it's portable later) squarespace.com ? blogger.com ? (idiotproof, but maybe all one needs?)
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create a free site at wordpress.com. (last i checked, your content should be portable to a self hosted wordpress instance later.) have your domain name redirect to the wordpress page. wordpress has its shortcomings, but wins in the beginner category.
also worth a look:
typepad.com (hosted movabletype, not sure whether it's portable later)
squarespace.com ?
blogger.com ? (idiotproof, but maybe all one needs?)
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