Started with WordPress but I found it difficult in the beginning. Wix was the choice I made since July 2018. It has been a great journey. Wix has taught me, a very beginner blogger without any knowledge about coding, how to create a blog on my own.
Wix has made it so easy with the ability for beginner to just pick and drop. Help was available and they really go into details about certain subjects such as S.E.O. I can sit here and write about all the good stuffs Wix offer. But as much as I enjoy working on Wix, I have found some restrictions that make me want to convert to WordPress.
Just so you know I started with WordPress back in the very end of 2017. I had difficulty because WordPress was not something easy to work with, especially if you are new. Yes I agree that WordPress is great for beginner, but if you want to create a set up just like I have right now in my blog, it was just not possible for me. That’s when I started to think about switching from Wix to WordPress.
During the time with Wix, I have discovered some issues that were a little troublesome for me to deal with:
1) I couldn’t create Rich Pins using Wix.
I take Pinterest pretty serious. It is an amazing tools to create traffic to my blog. And rich can enhance the pin’s content greatly. Unfortunately, you can’t do it on Wix.
2) I couldn’t create ads
I applied Google Adsense many times but I keep getting denied. Wix support did get back to me on a timely manner via emails. I followed the exact direction but obtained no results.
3) I couldn’t customize single blog post by putting ads on there
Even though I think a post without ad is better, but I still want option to create a small banner ads on my blogs where I review products and services.
4) Google couldn’t craw a page that I created.
I freaked out because I feel like there is nothing I can do to fix it. I didn’t feel like reaching out to Wix for help because I didn’t get the right help I wanted when I reach out to Wix regarding Google Adsense.
5) To make comment, reader have to create an account and log in
I followed some blog supports group on Facebook and members were kind enough to visit my page. We comment on each other’s post but a few pointed out that they couldn’t comment on my post. I guess what they were not used to is readers are required to log in before create a comment. I don’t blame them because this set up is different from most WordPress templates.
6) Sharing button set up for single blog post was just not attractive at all.
Yes, it was small, plained and simple. The problem is it’s too simple that readers don’t even notice the sharing buttons were even there.
I am creating a new series on my blog that document every step of the way regarding my process of converting from Wix to WordPress. Keep in touch and be well.
Read more about my journey when converting to WordPress.
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