My first steps

[Feudal]

Hi Fastlaners!

I only joined this forum a couple of days ago, picked up the book, and finished it. To be honest, the whole concept of the fastlane is all I can think about right now. I think my fastlane is online and I've been brainstorming a few concepts for websites, etc.

What I'd like some honest opinion on is my route for the site. I don't have advanced HTML knowledge, and because of this, I've done research and discovered that it's possible to create and manage a professional looking website on Wordpress (a platform I've used before), purchase a domain name and hosting, and get off the ground. Is this a viable option? What would my limits/restrictions be for housing a user base with profiles - I'm dabbling with ideas for a community.

What are the limitations or restrictions of payments or offering a membership through the site? I'm very close to starting something on Wordpress to get my feet wet, however, if those concerns of mine are not possible, I'm wondering if I should even bother with it.

Matthew

 

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[tormat]

Whats nice about word press is that you can have a clean lokoing site up and working with just about anything without a ton of work, but because it is a scructure you do have to work within it, you can always write your owne addon (or have it written) but you can also scale up a site a bit at a time.

Just my opion, but i have set up schools and businesses alike to run with word press.

 

[Feudal]

Whats nice about word press is that you can have a clean lokoing site up and working with just about anything without a ton of work, but because it is a scructure you do have to work within it, you can always write your owne addon (or have it written) but you can also scale up a site a bit at a time.

Just my opion, but i have set up schools and businesses alike to run with word press.

Thanks for the input. I think I'm going to roll with it to get started. I have to make the first step somewhere. Even though right now I'm lost in the sea of ideas and brainstorming, maybe an idea will generate from simply getting experience playing around with a website and SEEING the capabilities myself.

Matthew