Hmm actually; Wix still comes pretty close to meeting those requirements - maybe not quite, but closer than you think. They've come a long way.
I have to say some things about Wix - not because I'm being paid, just because I'm that impressed; it's not templates, as in "Choose this layout, now you're stuck with it, but you can tweak a few things" it literally is a blank canvas with some very flexible and easy to use interface to just move, shape and layer stuff how you want. When they give you templates to start with, those are just like having a variety of PSD files as a starting point - once you open it, you can do anything you want to it after that - delete everything, cut, copy, paste from other pages etc...
And the features they do have, eg. like online stores, entire forums (yes), blogs with subscriptions, mailing lists, galleries, and so on, while it isn't everything one could ever want, it does seem to cover the major things, and you can be sure it'll be a breeze to set up and customise. And they have an app store so you can add functionality too.
And in recent times, they've just started to add more "codey" things... I haven't got into it (haven't needed to) but it looks like you can jack in some functionality by coding it in place.
On top of that, they've just added a form of "databases"; from what I can see, it looks like a way of generating dynamic pages with the contents from the databases. https://support.wix.com/en/article/about...ollections
Anyway... yeah, naturally it's still quite enclosed and not the same as working with a raw webserver and doing what you want - but in terms of functionality, it's closing the gap pretty impressively, and what it does is super easy to work with!
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Well I just have an interest in learning new things right now, it's that time of my life, mostly why I'm here. It's why I tried Pico 8, Love2D, Godot, Linux Mint, and I really am starting to see the pros and cons of those things to Unity, C++, C#, Windows, etc. etc. As for web stuff, Wix is easy, but it's not everything, and I don't like not knowing about something potentially useful to me. I'm just keen to set up a site using those more traditional methods, there is some benefit, and I may have a candidate, because I'm considering having at least one or maybe more of my products having their own "site".
Also an advantage of the traditional way (over Wix) is you have a complete copy of the website on your HDD, and you can make backups, do version control on it, do some automated changes, eg. something as simple as replace in all files - those kinds of things is where you're screwed if you're with Wix. With Wix, if you want to kind of "back up" something, you can duplicate a page, or an entire site, but it gets awkward real quick, cause the apps and their data (eg. mailing list) are tied to a specific site.
But, pros and cons.
I have to say some things about Wix - not because I'm being paid, just because I'm that impressed; it's not templates, as in "Choose this layout, now you're stuck with it, but you can tweak a few things" it literally is a blank canvas with some very flexible and easy to use interface to just move, shape and layer stuff how you want. When they give you templates to start with, those are just like having a variety of PSD files as a starting point - once you open it, you can do anything you want to it after that - delete everything, cut, copy, paste from other pages etc...
And the features they do have, eg. like online stores, entire forums (yes), blogs with subscriptions, mailing lists, galleries, and so on, while it isn't everything one could ever want, it does seem to cover the major things, and you can be sure it'll be a breeze to set up and customise. And they have an app store so you can add functionality too.
And in recent times, they've just started to add more "codey" things... I haven't got into it (haven't needed to) but it looks like you can jack in some functionality by coding it in place.
On top of that, they've just added a form of "databases"; from what I can see, it looks like a way of generating dynamic pages with the contents from the databases. https://support.wix.com/en/article/about...ollections
Anyway... yeah, naturally it's still quite enclosed and not the same as working with a raw webserver and doing what you want - but in terms of functionality, it's closing the gap pretty impressively, and what it does is super easy to work with!
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Quote:Are you planning on expanding your online presence?
Well I just have an interest in learning new things right now, it's that time of my life, mostly why I'm here. It's why I tried Pico 8, Love2D, Godot, Linux Mint, and I really am starting to see the pros and cons of those things to Unity, C++, C#, Windows, etc. etc. As for web stuff, Wix is easy, but it's not everything, and I don't like not knowing about something potentially useful to me. I'm just keen to set up a site using those more traditional methods, there is some benefit, and I may have a candidate, because I'm considering having at least one or maybe more of my products having their own "site".
Also an advantage of the traditional way (over Wix) is you have a complete copy of the website on your HDD, and you can make backups, do version control on it, do some automated changes, eg. something as simple as replace in all files - those kinds of things is where you're screwed if you're with Wix. With Wix, if you want to kind of "back up" something, you can duplicate a page, or an entire site, but it gets awkward real quick, cause the apps and their data (eg. mailing list) are tied to a specific site.
But, pros and cons.