What Is Wordpress?

meths · 9 Aug 2015 at 22:08

I'm currently messing about with HTML and CSS as I have an idea for a website but in reading around the web and on here I keep seeing Wordpress being mentioned.

I (almost) know how to write basic HTML and use CSS to format it and have used FTP to send files to my personal Virgin Media webspace so I sort of know how to put together a basic page.

I have two questions I suppose:

What exactly does wordpress do that I couldn't just learn to do myself?

Should I just get a free account now and start building my site on there or persevere with writing the HTML and sending it up via FTP?

I know these are laughably basic questions so please humour me.

meths · 10 Aug 2015 at 10:26

Thanks for the info.

I set up a 000webhost account last night and got it ready for the wordpress installation.

I'll have a play about with and see how I get on.

meths · 16 Aug 2015 at 21:10

That does look good aslco.

I set up Wordpress on the 000webhost account and had a basic blog up and running in minutes but I think some further study of website building is required before getting more involved in it.

I'm going to set myself some small projects to do where I code the website myself and once I've got that down to a reasonable level I'll play about with Wordpress again.

I've registered meths.org and am working through the complete web developer course on Udemy so maybe I'll post some of my own sites up to get some tips from you lot once I just about know what I'm doing.