Looking to do a small personal website that will keep folx up-to-date on new music releases I put out, events I’m hosting, and random ramblings.

Curious as to what options are out there - free and easy to use would be ideal set up.

  • foggy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Use WordPress. It’s by far the most used content management platform, so if you’re a beginner, you’ll find the most resources. It’s also free and open source.

    Then you can, if you want to make it even easier, use a page builder like Elementor or Divi or something. Or not.

    There’s also Wix for very simple page builds.

    • Pika@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      8·
      2 days ago

      chiming in, even excluding self host, I wouldn’t recommend wix, their sites are so bloated and take forever for me to load, and I’ve had Firefox just straight refuse to load pages before that are wix run.

      • foggy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        I agree, I only include it as a “woah this WordPress stuff is confusing!” lower barrier to entry.

        Try WordPress first. If they’re absolutely stuck, wix is a lot more beginner friendly. But yes, beware of the downsides to having your hand held.

    • Saik0@lemmy.saik0.comEnglish
      91·
      2 days ago

      There’s also Wix for very simple page builds.

      Your in self hosting community… You can’t build in Wix and selfhost. Wix relies on their infrastructure always being present.

      • foggy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        D’oh.

        Yep. My b. WordPress or bust, really. You can mess around with drupal or Joomla, but WordPress will be the lowest barrier to entry for self hosting.