wordpress or Xsite PRO?

word press all the way you can do more with it IMO plugins and themes etc

Wordpress...period.

The results of the survey surprise the heck out of me too!

It's Wordpress for me for sure! I love its functionalities.

I'm not familiar with the "blueprint" but suspect that the fact that the author can get an affiliate payment for each XSitePro sale he refers...

I use both. They are not really comparable and do different things. If you carefully word the question the answer can be made either.

since wordpress version 2.7 it's super easy all the way it just keeps getting better all the time, the money you save not buying xsite pro, you can buy a great theme or some quality plugins,

Xsitepro all the way, make sure you buy through my affiliate link....

Ha, just kidding. WordPress blows xsitepro out of the water. Besides being free, there are plugins that can do just about anything you want. It is widely supported and loved by the search engines too.

Matt

It depends on the niche you're in. For some niches I wouldn't ever use wordpress.

Personally I prefer XSP because it is easier to use, and I have better results using it.

This is easy, Wordpress. The reason: Google just loves Wordpress blogs.

hope that helps.

I can see why some people prefer wordpress but personally, I prefer using xsitepro. It's simple to use and edit the sites and I am rubbish with wordpress .

To take this question a bit further...Why not use Artisteer. It does Wordpress, Blogger and will do a good HTML site if you're partial to xsite...

much cheaper too

It's not all about the ease of use, ya know. I don't use Xsite Pro, but I have used WP and yes, it's got tons of functionality, with more coming online all the time. However, WP sites can be a pain in the booty to transfer if you sell a site to a WP newb. Static HTML sites? Piece of cake compared to moving WP to another server.

Yes, before one of you WP cult members jumps all over me about that, I understand that there are tutorials galore on this very subject, that it's not as hard as I think, how dare I question mighty WP, etc. etc. I'm just saying, a LOT of people are totally confused by WP, and when you're brand new to it there is a definite learning curve to get up and running correctly. This can scare away newer site buyers. Being able to say, hey, just send me your FTP info, which you can get from one email to your web host if you don't know it, and I'll take care of moving all the files to the correct spots on your server and the site will be live instantly - exactly as you see it on my server.

Just sayin'.

John

I prefer Xsitepro. I'm sure WP must be great too, how could it not be with so many singing its praises! For me though, having tried both, I have a preference for XSP.

Bobby

I love XSP but I actually do both. XSP is powerful and easy to use. I build my site with XSP and I then attach a WP blog to get the Google love.

Well I like them both... but I find it easier to get better rankings on google
with a wordpress blog, so I'd say wordpress.

WP is really not hard anymore, you can install it from fantastico even.

There is not even a comparison..its like comparing a bike to a ferrari.

I don't say that XSP is bad..used it myself when i started out in IM...but the concept of such sites is just very "5 years" ago. WP has a zillion more ways to configure/design and its free too.

xspro 2 is sooooo easy to use, you can some fab templates as well, there is a guy on the forum called Patrick who is amazing with XSP.

However you cant beat wordpress for Google IMHO

WP all the way!

In summation: Open source will win a commercial product 9/10 times. Largely due to it's ongoing support, themes & plugins. Hence WordPress wins.

Applies to anything else too.

EG: Magento is a open source shopping cart used by corporations. And it blows almost any commercial/paid shopping cart on the market.

I did go through XSitePro tutorial (all 190+ pages of it). Love the software in every way. But that's as far as it went.

Today it's WordPress for automation. And Dreamweaver (worlds most powerful WYSIWYG software - by Adobe) for template, coding, everything else.

I'd say XSitePro hands downs for making money, and Wordpress for blogging.

I've used a whole bunch of different apps, and I ended up sticking with xsp. I honestly think the main two reasons are #1 the product itself #2 the community

Don't get me wrong though, Wordpress is great for blogging - but you cant make website designs with wordpress. Also there's the extra cost of mySQL on the server lol!

I use Drupal, I think it is even better than Wordpress.

Being able to use themes and plugins in Wordpress is a major advantage, and being able to change them instantly with a few clicks, makes WOrdpress very powerful in my eyes.

As another user of both... WordPress allows you to do so much more and look so much more professional. XSitePro was okay in it's day... but those days of compiling html locally then ftping over are .... well over.

My biggest gripe with XSitePro was each time you saved a page you saved the entire site. Sloooooow and painful.

I use both... like most here, and agree that it depends on the purpose of the site.

No one has even mentioned the security issues with Wordpress or the fact that you have to update the dang thing every month it seems or that BECAUSE WP is open-source that might not necessarily be a GOOD thing.

I also find them both to be tweaky and not perfect.

XSP has some really, really, bad code - wish the CSS was a lot simpler and less XSP specific.

Wordpress editor never works right for long for me... freakin' frustrating at times.

Both have learning curves and are limited.

Dreamweaver site creation still rocks... no complaints there.

I like that both WP and XSP have the same "create the shell once, just add content" approach, but neither offers the solution that I think someone could bring to the market by developing a better version that is a hybrid of the best of both.

So, which of you great programmers is up to the task?

XSP is kinda "duh" if you want a squeeze page, salesletter, and content page that are each different... because you can't easily integrate that on one site design or laoyout...

WP sucks if you want to use salesletters or squeeze pages outside of the template... and also if you don't want every site to look like a blog.

XSP's new commenting software is pretty good and can make any page a blog-like page... and as for Google love? I've found that if you actually take the time to optimize a XSP site like the software lets you do... just by following the instructions, you can get much love indeed.

Overall... I give the edge to XSP personally, my vote being swung by the security issue because I've actually lost several WP sites and databases completely by hackers and I'm still feeling the pain (I feel that way about a lot of open-source software, use with caution, imo).

But truly... neither sets the bar as high as it could be for technology being where it is - in my humble opinion.

I've got some ideas of my own for this... and have created one for my own sites that is almost ready to go, but not anywhere near what I feel a true programmer should be capable of putting together for the market.

Seems to me like a very ripe opportunity for someone to step up to the plate and quit playing around.

What do you think?

Steve

Hi there,

Wordpress=Google. Enough said!

best of luck.

Joe

I use both and think they have improved a lot since I started building sites, the "boundaries" between the two are sort of closer in a lot of ways. You can use rss on static sites, or you can make wordpress look just like a static site, rather than a blog.

XSitePro does cost a bit but it has really come on and has loads of easy to use features, main benefits I find are ease of use, and the support/training is good when you're new.

Wordpress is also excellent and free, it's easy to use and very flexible, but if people have never built a site before they can get a bit bogged down in making a few basic changes.

I'd say don't worry too much, either is good in my opinion, have a look at them both and make your own decision, chances are you might end up using both wordpress and static sites at some stage anyway,

all the best,
Neil

Mark does mention that you can get XSP through his aff link, as far as XSP over WP i also use both. XSP mabe gives you more creative control over your layout but, i am getting the hang of PHP coding so i'm building more sites with WP.

xSitePro is a great software for people who know nothing about website building and HTML... like myself. Without it wouldn't be able to do things I am doing right now so in my case it has been a real life saver.

Of course, I am not trying to say that there is anything wrong with Wordpress.

I have never used XSite PRO but have used WP quite a bit and I have been happy with it. I use Joomla as well.

Use the one that you work best with and just let me say this. Google does not love wordpress. Google loves fresh content.

If big G has love for any blogging platform it would be the one they own.

Kevin

I use 'em both. For some stuff Wordpress is king, but for other
stuff XSitePro is faster.

I have both but I haven't spent much time on XSP since I just stuck to what's familiar. Wordpress for me is the only tool that I use now, especially since its integrated into Cpanel for easy install and how you can now add plugins and themes from the admin panel.

It keeps getting easier.

XSite Pro have all the templates that's typically use for affiliate marketing sites, so maybe that's why people love it so much. But, I, mysef prefer Wordpress. Just so simple to tweak (just need to understand CSS + HTML + maybe a bit of PHP) and the plugins just double its value.

I am another vote for WordPress. A quick minisite might be easier in XSP but everything else is faster and easier in WP. The newer versions of WP have really changed the game.

Hmmmm.... I like WP. But more importantly than getting stuck on *what* platform to use just make sure you pick one and take action. In the end that is all that really matters - not the platform you choose.

I am a WordPress fan....because that is what I know and it has worked great so far.

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