I’m about to start work on the most difficult website I’ve done. The site needs to be responsive, have a CMS (and the client needs to be able to add pages with proper URLs) and a booking form/payment facility.
Web developer colleagues look down their noses at WYSIWYG apps like Freeway. They all seem to use Wordpress.
I’ve loved using FW but is it up to professional use? Or would I be better off in the long run learning Wordpress and handcoding?
I think professional use has nothing to do with this. This is just functionality that another program has and this one doesn’t. I think Freeway is total Freedom of designing. Try to achieve this with Wordpress.
If I look at the functionality, yes maybe it’s easier to do this with Wordpress or Joomla.
Wordpress isn’t the only option. You need to seriously assess what the client’s CMS requirements are and what your technical capabilities are then look at the available CMS options and see which one best suits everyone’s needs then determine if using FW will further help the process or be a hindrance. Using WP just because everyone else is (they’re not) makes for a shaky start.
Todd
I’ve loved using FW but is it up to professional use? Or would I be better off in the long run learning Wordpress and handcoding?
I know a few people who’ve contemplated a similar move but don’t get caught up in that way of thinking. Pick the best tool for your client and the job and you won’t go too far afield. If that means WP, great. If not, that’s ok too.
Todd
It’s just that all the web developers I know hand code and use Wordpress - it makes me think I should do the same.