WordPress to Static Site
Wow! As you can probably tell, I have decided to change my website. My website has been converted to a static website. The previous version was a dynamic website powered by WordPress. Changing over to a static website has allowed me the opportunity to start my website all over again from scratch, which I have done. There are a number of reasons why I decided to use a static website.
My previous website was a dynamic website and it was probably overkill for a small website like mine. Dynamic sites usually use a database to change the information that is displayed on each web page. For example, a site like Facebook is a dynamic website. The page that a user sees when logging in to Facebook is specific to that person. Images and text that are displayed varies from one user to another. On a static website the web page displayed is the same for everyone who visits the site.
If I still continued to host my personal blog on WordPress, I would have to:
- pay for a decent web host. Web hosting can get expensive.
- pay for SSL certs. Many web hosting sites force you to pay extra for this.
- maintain and keep WordPress updated to the latest version. You do not want to get hacked.
- keep all of the plugins up to date. Plugins can be a security vulnerability. Websites are often hacked if plugins are not continually updated.
- do further work to improve the readability of my website.
This is my first attempt at creating a static website. I will be re-evaluating this whole process as I go along. This website is literally, a work in progress.