I’ve had this website domain since 2012. It was the domain for my law firm for a number of years, then it became my personal website but it was never as easy to use and update as it is now.
My website has finally become better and easier to use thanks to WordPress.
The first website I ever created for myself was created using some or other website creator from a Microsoft Office program – I can’t remember the name of the program.
It was a very very basic website, but it was better than not having a website. The problem was that updating it was a mission and it was quite a complex task trying to upload an article, something which I tried to do to market my legal practice. Because it was such a challenge, I ended up only publishing a handful of articles on it.
My next website was then built using Serif WebPlus X8. I must say it was a much better and much simpler program, allowing me to create a much better website with so many more features, but I still found that updating it regularly was still a mission.
It became better when I learnt about using the ftp feature. Until then I believed that I needed to upload each item one by one to my control panel which put me off from using and updating my website regularly. Because of this I never even considered publishing any content on it because of the mission that it was.
Even when I eventually figured out how to use the ftp feature, I never figured it out 100%, meaning that sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn’t – so for me it was still a mission. (Note, everything I know about website design and uploads etc is self taught so I tried my best and feel like i actually did ok)
Recently however, I have found myself wanting a more functional website where I can regularly post content on and I finally decided to try using WordPress.
So far, the only regret I have is that I didn’t start using WordPress earlier!
It was fairly simple to install on my domain by following step by step instructions on a YouTube video. Once it was installed I started playing around on it and I must say, it is so much easier than expected and it is filled with features that never thought I would be able to have on my website until now… Even creating new content on a regular basis seems extremely easy to do and it’s for this reason that I am also starting this simple blog.
I look forward to sharing much more with you in the future.