Hi Dick,
I agree that Wordpress can be difficult to use, I've never used it
myself but have had to help people figure out a problem here or there
and it can be confusing, due to all the plugins, pre-configured
templates from the hosting provider, etc.
It sounds like you might be sticking with it, but if you go looking, I
think the Bonfire Network looks pretty interesting. It has a few
different deployment configurations, and the "community" one sounds
right for your use case. https://bonfirenetworks.org/app/community/
The bonus is that it implements ActivityPub, so people anywhere on
Mastodon, frendica, etc can integrate from accounts they already use.
good luck!
Kevin
On 10/8/25 2:58 PM, Dick Steffens wrote:
What options are there for CMS tools, like WordPress? My host is
Stablehost, and I've installed WordPress. WordPress is touted as
"easy" to use, but so far I'm finding it doesn't operate as shown in
YouTube videos or text based tutorials. Recommendations appreciated.
