Basic Concepts: Websites
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The core ideas
Five ideas explain why a programmed website is different from a page builder. The sub-pages go into detail.
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Programmed, not a page builderWith a page builder (Wix, Squarespace) or a theme system (WordPress) you start with something ready-made and adjust it as far as the system allows…02
Pixel-perfectWith templates the design ends where the template ends. Spacing, fonts, the behaviour on mobile: much of it is predefined and can only be corrected…03
Your own server (VPS)A programmed website runs on its own server (a VPS: a server reserved for you in a data centre). You are not a sub-tenant of a page-builder provider…04
Code garage (GitHub)With a programmed website you get full code ownership : all the code of your site lives in your own secure repository on GitHub, the “garage” where…05
EcosystemA website rarely stands alone. It needs content that someone maintains, and it produces enquiries that someone handles. In the Gawenda ecosystem…