08-09-2022, 12:45 AM
(08-08-2022, 10:49 PM)SMcNeill Wrote: Wordpress is apparently the latest greatest thing since sliced bread. From what I've been reading up on it, it's apparently used for *everything* anymore. Unfortunately for me, I'm apparently too much of an idiot to sort out how the BLEEP to use it.In my humble opinion, Google Sites is way better than Wordpress, or any other similar tool. It has been given a lot of new features now, and there isn't much you can't do with it - and much more easily than the others
Like you, I've been looking for a means to bring some of my writings into the modern area. All I need is a very simple interface which consists of about 3 template pages. Page 1 is a simple listing of "Here's my books -- choose one!" Clicking on it takes you to Page 2, which is just a cover image, blurb, and chapter list for that book. Clicking on a chapter will then take you to that book's chapter, with 3 simple nav buttons at the top and bottom of the page for Previous Chapter, Home, Next Chapter, with an area for an user to leave comments at the extreme bottom of the page.
Nothing excessively complex, and something which I thought might benefit from using something modern like Wordpress, but so far I've had zero luck sorting it out. The interface is clunky. The way pieces pull together is a PITA. The insistence between "pages" and "posts" being different is nuts. Hell, I can't even sort out how to label multiple pages to make sequential chapters that a "Previous" and "Next" button would interact with!
I haven't dug into Wix or Squarespace yet, but if you have any luck updating your page, share it with me. Yours is a progressive chapter-by-chapter system as well, so if you sort out an easy way to deal with things, I might be able to incorporate those lessons for my own needs as well.
