Why use HTML over website creators/templates?

Question

I've been learning HTML, CSS and other coding but I was wondering about something.

Whats the point when their are decent website templates and designs such as WIX and website creators.

I enjoy the knowledge of knowing HTML and coding but I am just wondering whats the point :<

Could someone list the negatives and positives of using HTML/CSS over a website creator or what I can do with it.

Answer 1

Well I can't speak for everyone but I learn for a fair few reasons.



Challenges using someone else design is boring and lacks any challenge you can't call your own website yours as effectively you didn't do it. I can say I built my own by my own hands.



Money is a prime factor and a big one. Knowing web development and coding can earn you a good wage. £30,000 plus a year easy. Knowing how to copy someone won't get you a penny. If you know more languages for example I can code in PHP and MySQL and JavaScript you can earn above £50,000 a year BUT ONLY in rare occasions. But it is possible. I don't fully know PHP though.



More over its fun. To see what your coding working. And running display. Not so much in CSS or HTML but when or if you move up to PHP to see over a thousand lines of code suddenly kick in and start producing what they should be is very satisfying.

Answer 2

You have full flexibility when writing the HTML and CSS yourself...All a creator is doing is writing the HTML and CSS for you.



I'm faster at typing than using any kind of GUI, so it's also quicker and easier for me to just type it up myself.

Answer 3

First, without html, there are NO web pages. So unless you want to accept somwone else's id of what your layout should be you need to be able to edit even if you have templates. Second. unless you want to permanently use static content for your sites and continuosly need to edit the content manually you will need to use databases and scripting languages. NO fancy GUI front end can give you full control on what the pages do, how they handle data, how much can be user controlled or has to be admin controlled, and keep tight control on security. I have a lot of sites out there for my customers, not one of them actually has ANY html in the pages. They are all driven totally by data, then the index page calls up php script pages to connect to the data, read it in, interpret it according to user, and in a lot of cases according to site owner, multiple sites running from the same scripts, and becoming whatever site is required from the client request. These have all image, text and layouts controlled by the data read. And not one actual page directly readable from the Internet, just the final source in html. Can't do that from a GUI.

Answer 4

"... there are ...", not "... their are..."



Haven't you thought about using both ? Knowing HTML & CSS, you can debug / improve / adapt the templates of your content management system. I've had to do this more than once.

Answer 5

i recommend that you use' what you see is what you get' editor like Microsoft frontpage or dreamweaver or a free editor like pagebreeze there are many more search them. software like these will make your life so easy you don't even need to learn HTML.