This page is dedicated to answering questions given by our teacher, Mrs. Macatangay for EmTech What are the advantages and disadvantages of a WYSIWYG editor?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of a WYSIWYG editor?
- What is the difference between your WordPress blog and Jimdo Website?
- List down three more WYSIWYG web hosting services and their URL.
Answers:
1. Advantages:
– simplicity= No prior programming knowledge required
– oriented on an appealing design
-specification benefits= some steps are easier due to special functions of WYSIWYG
-accuracy
-Create web sites quickly
Disadvantages:
– HTML editors often create an excessive code that makes the web page bulky in size.
– the importance of image ALT attribute is not explicitly pointed out by WYSIWYG editors as well as the heading tags of a web page.
– HTML tables to layout a page are an old technique that is displaced by Cascading Style Sheets
– WYSIWYG editors are weak in optimizing the website for search engines which is vital for a successful project.
2. Jimdo vs. WordPress
-Jimdo is meant for creating business websites, portfolios, blogs and simple webstores while WordPress is super customizble, meaning users have the ability to create a website to their exact specifications.
– Jimdo helps non-techies create simple sites simply by dragging and dropping elements on the page, while WordPress, being an open source system, allows for greater customization.
-WordPress has more selections of themes than Jimdo
-In Jimdo, you can chat others for help in the FAQ section while in WordPress you can see the blog of others because of its huge community.
3. -Wix:https://www.wix.com/
-Weebly web builder:https://www.weebly.com/?lang=en
-Squarespace:https://www.squarespace.com/
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