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WordPress Getting Started with WordPress Getting Started with WordPress When is WordPress Not the Best Solution?

Amardeep Singh
Amardeep Singh
1,176 Points
Posted by Amardeep Singh
Amardeep Singh
1,176 Points

I dont know whether wordpress can handle this big project.?

I want to build a replica of vistaprint.com . It is a quite big ,good ,responsive e-commerce website with a lot of functionalities. Firstly i am not sure whether i will be able to get so many functionalities using plugins. Also i have heard that wordpress websites are now days an easy target for hackers ,so i am a little worried about its security.

4 Answers

jason chan
jason chan
31,009 Points
jason chan
jason chan
31,009 Points

He means build it on asp.net or laravel or emberjs or angularjs or backbone. Those are mvc frame works. It's how a website apps are organized.

View is for template
Model - is the database retrieval and storage
Controllers - click function does something

Okay I analyzed vistaprint.

Vista print is made with asp.net and probably a javascript framework on top it because you can type and modify the dom live.

This is will take you at least 2 years to make if you know what your doing. 6 months if your exceptionally talented.

asp.net, javascript, jquery, and angularjs. I see handlebars in the source.

design wise well mileage may very depending how well you draw.

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,148 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,148 Points

Wordpress probably isn't the right tool for this. Likely the best option will be a custom built one. You'd probably spend as much time modifying any CMS like Wordpress as you would just building from scratch. You probably could get a lot of use from a MVC framework though.

Amardeep Singh
Amardeep Singh
1,176 Points
Amardeep Singh
Amardeep Singh
1,176 Points

Can you elaborate a bit on MVC framework Thankyou

Oussama Fahchouch
Oussama Fahchouch
2,579 Points
Oussama Fahchouch
Oussama Fahchouch
2,579 Points

Amardeep Singh

I learn MVC at school now, MVC ( MODEL VIEW CONTROLLER) is a programming method.

MVC i think is the way how you program. Like i put this code inside the Model area, this code inside the View area, this code inside the Controller area.

You need to know how to code if you want to build a website from scratch with code with the MVC method.

CMS like wordpress are build for you so that you don't need to write code, and so, you can make a website.

MVS is a method of programming that is being used, there are alot of others..

I don't know if i was clear enough, because we are still learning at school..

Oussama Fahchouch
Oussama Fahchouch
2,579 Points
Oussama Fahchouch
Oussama Fahchouch
2,579 Points

Amardeep Singh

I learn MVC at school now, MVC ( MODEL VIEW CONTROLLER) is a programming method.

MVC i think is the way how you program. Like i put this code inside the Model area, this code inside the View area, this code inside the Controller area.

You need to know how to code if you want to build a website from scratch with code with the MVC method.

CMS like wordpress are build for you so that you don't need to write code, and so, you can make a website.

MVS is a method of programming that is being used, there are alot of others..

I don't know if i was clear enough, because we are still learning at school..