Unless you have some knowledge of HTML&CSS! This is because, at the beginning when you need to fix some irritating things on your own website, you find out that all those long hours of learning web development finally came in handy! I can’t express my level of satisfaction and, well… the width of my evil smile. I know how to fix this!”- this is how I felt about the initial setup of this website. Of course, I have a lot of things to do, especially to understand how to not ruin the website’s SEO. But it is all normal and natural for a beginner.
By the way, if you really want to get a profound understanding of web development, you should try FreeCodeCamp.org. The place is full of great lessons dedicated to teaching the essentials of three pillars of web dev: JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3. Also, you can find courses for learning Python, Machine Learning, and many more. I have acquired a lot from the resource and can recommend it to you. And yes, the courses are completely free. Kudos to its creators!
But, despite my knowledge of web technologies, WordPress is hard by its nature. A person should spend enough time to understand its logic, which I must say is obsolete. I understand that the technology is old and maintained by enthusiasts, but you can feel that nothing significant from modern UI improvement has leaked to its logic. To illustrate this let me give you an example: you want to edit social links, which are near the main navigational ones. And by pressing Shift + LMB you hop into the section where you only would play with icons’ size and appearance. And also select the menu for those links. But, hey, how do I put my own links?! Well, my friend you should go to the admin panel and find menus, and then only you can attach your links. Ideal user interface, isn’t it? Many times I had to make adjustments in several different places in order to implement one single thing. I think it is because Themes and Admin Panel tools are interfering with each other. It should be done this way: backend on Admin Panel, and consequently frontend on Themes. La commedia è finita!
Still, configuring all the plugins and pages is a fun process of creation your own place. It is like building your own house! Seriously, you pay to get hosting and domain name, carefully select themes and plugins, and think about colors and all these actions are comparable to how people meticulously measure everything while constructing a place to live. However, to make the place your own, you have to put additional efforts to fill it with life and content. You always keep your house clean and warm, so a website also requires your constant attention and care. In my opinion, the blog is a representation of the owner’s character type and attitude to things in general. If posts are rarely put and consist of several sentences, well, the person is impatient and wants to get instant success in gaining huge auditory. But sometimes you see a blog where day after day the author shows how valuable and important articles on his/her website.
After all, the more time you dedicate, the more benefits you are about to get. The main thing is to love the process. Still don’t have a blog? Try it, it is fun. Sort of.
