I know this may be a bit off topic, but I need advice on website building, and you guys strike me as the tech savvy website making types.
I want a website to showcase videos, short stories, articles and jokes.
Everybody seems to recommend WordPress, and I believe that's what I'll go with.
A concern I have is longevity. I believe you have to pay for a WordPress site (a .com one). So what if I was to fall on hard times, or die, and wasn't able (or even around) to continue paying for the website? Would my website die with me? Or, would the domain just become example.wordpress.com and keep existing?
I'm concerned because there's been sites (and articles) I've visited in the past that don't exist anymore. These sites could've just been taken down willingly, but there was this one site in particular that I really liked. I visited it one day and the owner had posted a message saying that he could no longer afford payment on the site.
I thought that it would be a good idea to have your content spread out to other sites in case your main site goes under. There's YouTube for videos... for articles, jokes and stories I'm not sure though. I know that for fan stories there's fanfiction.com, and for articles you could post them on some blog site.
Basically I need tips on how to best distribute my content. Anyway, any info you guys have would be appreciated.
I want a website to showcase videos, short stories, articles and jokes.
Everybody seems to recommend WordPress, and I believe that's what I'll go with.
A concern I have is longevity. I believe you have to pay for a WordPress site (a .com one). So what if I was to fall on hard times, or die, and wasn't able (or even around) to continue paying for the website? Would my website die with me? Or, would the domain just become example.wordpress.com and keep existing?
I'm concerned because there's been sites (and articles) I've visited in the past that don't exist anymore. These sites could've just been taken down willingly, but there was this one site in particular that I really liked. I visited it one day and the owner had posted a message saying that he could no longer afford payment on the site.
I thought that it would be a good idea to have your content spread out to other sites in case your main site goes under. There's YouTube for videos... for articles, jokes and stories I'm not sure though. I know that for fan stories there's fanfiction.com, and for articles you could post them on some blog site.
Basically I need tips on how to best distribute my content. Anyway, any info you guys have would be appreciated.