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Some questions worth answering for:

  1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of a WYSIWYG editor?

Advantages:

  • Simplicity — probably the main feature of the platform. It is easy to use and doesn’t require special technical background or skills. Anyone can start creating a web page with WYSIWYG editors;
  • Oriented on an appealing design — the additional focus on the way the page looks is gained through having no need to pay attention to the way the HTML code looks;
  • Specification benefits — some steps are easier due to special functions of WYSIWYG. For example, creating a table is faster due to having layouts of the table instead of typing out necessary tags manually;
  • Accuracy — in most text editors you have to perform tag validation and use specific tools while with WYSIWYG a possible mistake will be in design only.

Disadvantages

  • HTML editors often create an excessive code that makes the web page bulky in size. This leads to a slower download of the page which is uncomfortable and tiring for users;
  • The importance of image ALT attribute is not explicitly pointed out by WYSIWYG editors as well as the heading tags of a web page. If these aspects are missed, it will complicate the website’s recognition by search engines;
  • Some editors allow using “browser specific HTML tags” that are suitable for specific browsers and ignored by the rest. However, such tags are also usually not compliant with the HTML standards set by the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium);
  • ML tables to layout a page are an old technique that is displaced by Cascading Style Sheets;
  • WYSIWYG editors are weak in optimizing the website for search engines which is vital for a successful project. No matter how excellent your web page is, if it is hard for users to locate it;
  • Knowledge of HTML code versus knowledge of WYSIWYG editors is a lot more demanded on the market because it’s more flexible and profound which allows successful accomplishment of a wider range of tasks for even less time.

2. What is the difference between your WordPress blog and Jimdo Website (you can create account through Jimdo for your reference and to site the differences, include your Jimdo Link if you have any).

Not much difference on WordPress and Jimdo. WordPress more themes and range of things to edit. Jimdo is much more easy to use than WordPress drag things and whatever you drag, that is what it shows. For WordPress, it was confusing to edit here.

3. List down three more WYSIWYG web hosting services and their URL.

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