Why is WordPress so difficult to use?

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  patrezi · Member · Nov 30, 2017 at 8:42 pm

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  I do use a graphic/cad program for a living so I usually find that using a program is extraordinarily easy. In fact because it wasn’t drawing people to the site, I stopped using another Web designing site. Now having said that, this program is not the least bit intuitive and had the other site been able to draw people to it, I’d go back to it immediately.

  If you use a template, why isn’t that you can simply drop and insert images where template images are; change background colours or change text easily?

  Also, the instructions are pathetically convoluted. If you want people to follow them, then show concrete examples of how they work. As I read through previous posts, now going back years, people made the same complaints then.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  staff-frank · Staff · Nov 30, 2017 at 8:59 pm

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  HI there,

  I’m sorry you’re having difficulty. I suggest you check out the resources on this support page (which includes a video tutorial): https://en.support.wordpress.com/start/

  In particular, you may want to check out the Five Step Site Setup here:

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/five-step-website-setup/

  Follow these steps and let us know if you need more help.

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  patrezi · Member · Nov 30, 2017 at 9:16 pm

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  Thanks. Actually, it’s under HigaMfg.com and not what it’s presented as above.

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  staff-frank · Staff · Dec 1, 2017 at 8:26 am

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  HigaMfg.com happens to be hosted by SiteBuilder. This forum is only for WordPress.com sites.

  You need to contact SiteBuilder support for assistance.
  https://help.sitebuilder.com/

  All the best!

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  patrezi · Member · Dec 1, 2017 at 4:46 pm

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  Actually, I’ve transferred it over to WordPress. Site builder was simple to use relative to your web builder but it didn’t drive users to the site hence the reason I am now a premium user on your site.

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  patrezi · Member · Dec 1, 2017 at 6:36 pm

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  I did chat with one of your helpers which helped a lot.

  While I could have, I didn’t bother to transfer over Higamfg in the end to WordPress and instead decided to go with one of the free domain name provided by wordpress that came with my premium plan.

  Still think using WordPress is extraordinarily difficult relative to the other site. I don’t care about my site being interactive except the contact page so I might just build my webpages on the software I use for work and then put them up as pictures.