Reasons I recommend using blogging software for your Life Trove
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- You get all the benefits of any conventional site with navigation that allows you to explore, for example, by a list of the travels you've been on or a list of special family events. But you can ALSO navigate by date. So you can see, for example, all the things you did in a particular year. This can be very useful and interesting in a site that covers aspects of your life.
- Blogging software provides an easy way for you to update and add further information to the site once it's been created. It's quick and easy to learn. You don't need to know html or coding to do it. And it's all for free. With conventional site management software, you'd pay a lot of money for the functionality that a blog provides totally for free.
- Blogs don't charge annual hosting fees so there is no need to pay money each year for your site to keep running. Not only does this save money, but it also means that your site will continue to exist, literally for ever, unless you opt to delete it. So, for example, it won't be taken down if you should pass away and no longer pay your annual hosting fee. This means that your site can continue to exist in cyberspace as a tribute to your life and a legacy for your family, long after your death.
- You can make your site private if you wish, so that only specific people that you invite can view the site. So, you may opt to just share the site with your family and your closest friends, and no one else will be able to see your site. All this functionality is built in for free.
- Although the site will be created using blogging software, it will look like any conventional site with navigation up the top if you want and / or along the sides. There will be no company branding or advertising on it. Also, you can choose your own unique web address for your site. So, for example, I could make my address http://www.graememyburgh.com or whatever I want, as long as it does not already exist.
- Blogs provide huge amounts of free storage for photos. So you can have many thousands of photos on your site without having to worry about your storage space running out or having to pay hefty fees as your site gets big. This also means you can upload original photos to your site so it acts as a backup should your originals be lost.
- Blogging software does not limit you in any way with the visual design of your site. The design templates are completely flexible and if you want a unique design, it's easy to create.
- All in all, blogging software provides all the advantages of a normal site but with additional functionality of it's own, and it's all for free and easy to use. It really is one of the great inventions of all time!
