Hit the Road, Jack

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Took the big plunge and moved my blog and web pages from WordPress to Wix. Why? I have nothing against WordPress; they are a huge blogging host, and they’ve been around for a very long time. Previously, I was hosted on WordPress; before that, I was with GoDaddy. Both had service options I liked, but neither had all the options I wanted in a web host. Was it too much to ask for:

1. a host that offers a clean design without all the sidebars found on WordPress

2. web pages along with a seamless integrated blog

3. easy to update on the fly

4. mobile friendly

5. MailChimp integration

6. Event scheduling and guest registration

7. SEO options

8. Google Webmaster Tools

9. Google Analytics

10. Affordable web hosting

11. All the service options I need in one place - one hosting company

Yup, I want my cake and eat it too.

Searching articles written by authors of hosting suggestions led me back to WordPress. Do all those authors get kickbacks for recommending WordPress? However, I ran across several mentions of Wix, so I checked it out. Wix offers paid and free hosting options. What impressed me most about Wix are the broad variety of template choices. I’m not a big fan of templates. I tried templates years ago and spent hours toiling over and tweaking the scripts to get them to work accurately. So, It impressed me when I discovered Wix's easy-to-use templates - select and drop the application options into the template. Then, if I wished to customize the applications or the template, it too was a snap. I played with a template for nearly a day; I paid nothing upfront to customize a complete website from a template. The process was so easy I was sold on Wix and I signed up for a premium account. No long-term agreements: I opted for a month-to-month basis to give Wix a spin. So far, I’m more than pleased with Wix. I have everything I want and more from one hosting company at an affordable rate. When it comes to hosting needs, everyone has different requirements and needs. For me, Wix has far exceeded my expectations. I may have just found my ideal hosting company with Wix.

For the time being, I will continue a mirror blog on WordPress; however, that blog will eventually be discontinued.

I would like to hear your thoughts. Leave a comment in the Comment Box at the bottom of the page.

Note: This is not a paid endorsement for Wix.

UPDATE: the WordPress mirror blog has been deleted. This Wix blog is my only blog. Updated on March 18. 2023.

Dale Thele

Bestselling Fiction Author

Stories with an LGBTQ+ Twist

corrupting readers since 2008

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