As a developer: google sites is 100% the exact same as wordpress, just looks better.
I’m not gonna slander you for not knowing the difference between a host and a content management system.
The issue seems to be that google offers a pretty foolproof experience for people with limited technical knowledge. That is not the case with the majority of open source systems.
Additionally: from what I hear, you wont get free top level domains with sites and not with other providers so please accept that you wont get this for free.
I understand. Coming back to the comment in question:
The point is not that you can host wordpress on your system but that OP seems to be searching for a fully managed cms (or static site creation tool) but open source and for free(?).
Google is (as we know) not doing anything for free. They want the data, the market dominance and the traffic so they can make money from it.
From a usability standpoint they‘re both content management systems in which a person with limited technical knowledge can design their own sites and publish them without having to resort to third party designers.
That is why I said they’re the same. I was referring to the „wordpress is a script“ (it is not).
TL;DR: If OP wants managed, they either pay in data or in money, period. Managed wordpress (or joomla or others) is the equivalent to this service.
As a developer: google sites is 100% the exact same as wordpress, just looks better.
I’m not gonna slander you for not knowing the difference between a host and a content management system.
The issue seems to be that google offers a pretty foolproof experience for people with limited technical knowledge. That is not the case with the majority of open source systems.
Additionally: from what I hear, you wont get free top level domains with sites and not with other providers so please accept that you wont get this for free.
Have a good one.
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Sure, feel free to enlighten me about the differences. They’re both content management systems, no?
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I understand. Coming back to the comment in question:
The point is not that you can host wordpress on your system but that OP seems to be searching for a fully managed cms (or static site creation tool) but open source and for free(?).
Google is (as we know) not doing anything for free. They want the data, the market dominance and the traffic so they can make money from it.
From a usability standpoint they‘re both content management systems in which a person with limited technical knowledge can design their own sites and publish them without having to resort to third party designers.
That is why I said they’re the same. I was referring to the „wordpress is a script“ (it is not).
TL;DR: If OP wants managed, they either pay in data or in money, period. Managed wordpress (or joomla or others) is the equivalent to this service.