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| - | ==== Leaving Mobirise Web Editor ==== | + | ===== Leaving Mobirise Web Editor ===== |
| I have been a paying user of Mobirise since 2020: https:// | I have been a paying user of Mobirise since 2020: https:// | ||
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| This page sets out many of the reasons why. I post this in the spirit of Martin Luther posting his 95 Thesis to the front door of the Catholic Church at Wittenberg when he had to break away from his beloved mother church. | This page sets out many of the reasons why. I post this in the spirit of Martin Luther posting his 95 Thesis to the front door of the Catholic Church at Wittenberg when he had to break away from his beloved mother church. | ||
| - | === subscription nonsense === | + | ==== subscription nonsense |
| I am tired of paying their $200+ a year subscription fee. They no longer offer a pay once and own it price. | I am tired of paying their $200+ a year subscription fee. They no longer offer a pay once and own it price. | ||
| - | === holding me ransom === | + | ==== holding me ransom |
| I am tired of many aspects of how mobirise works. | I am tired of many aspects of how mobirise works. | ||
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| I cant just continue using the old software without getting further updates. | I cant just continue using the old software without getting further updates. | ||
| - | === Widespread discontent with the development team === | + | ==== Peppering my sites with links back to their own site ==== |
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| - | While trying to convince myself to pay for another year of mobirise, which I have not used in several months, I decided to survey their user forum at https:// | + | |
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| - | Lots of people are still complaining about non-responsiveness to long time bugs. | + | |
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| - | I have included many examples here with links to issues I have reported for years. | + | |
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| - | === FTP posting of your projects to the server still often fails mid-upload === | + | |
| - | * The mobirise editor offers to post your site with FTP to your server. A typical mobirise site of a few pages may have hundreds of files such as graphics, design elements, CSS, etc. Not only does the publish to server over FTP often fail. | + | |
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| - | === Even publishing your project to you local hard drive fails === | + | |
| - | even publish to local hard drive is said to fail, For years people have tried to work around the FTP issues with solutions like Filezilla. | + | |
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| - | * AI generated websites hanging - https:// | + | |
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| - | === Peppering my sites with links back to their own site === | + | |
| The other big issue is them peppering my sites with links back to their own site. I can understand this for a free software, but when I am paying, I dont expect to find involuntary links on my site back to their site. | The other big issue is them peppering my sites with links back to their own site. I can understand this for a free software, but when I am paying, I dont expect to find involuntary links on my site back to their site. | ||
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| - | === bugs in their UI with editing links === | + | |
| + | ==== Widespread discontent with the development team ==== | ||
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| + | While trying to convince myself to pay for another year of mobirise, which I have not used in several months, I decided to survey their user forum at https:// | ||
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| + | Lots of people are still complaining about non-responsiveness to long time bugs. | ||
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| + | I have included many examples here with links to issues I have reported for years. | ||
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| + | ==== FTP posting of your projects to the server still often fails mid-upload ==== | ||
| + | * The mobirise editor offers to post your site with FTP to your server. A typical mobirise site of a few pages may have hundreds of files such as graphics, design elements, CSS, etc. Not only does the publish to server over FTP often fail. | ||
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| + | ==== Even publishing your project to you local hard drive fails ==== | ||
| + | even publish to local hard drive is said to fail, For years people have tried to work around the FTP issues with solutions like Filezilla. | ||
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| + | * AI generated websites hanging - https:// | ||
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| + | ==== bugs in their UI with editing links ==== | ||
| In the past I have seen persistent issues with editing links in my site using their UI where when I save the edit, the new link doesn' | In the past I have seen persistent issues with editing links in my site using their UI where when I save the edit, the new link doesn' | ||
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| - | === Bugs with edits to headers and footers not propogating to all pages === | + | ==== Bugs with edits to headers and footers not propogating to all pages ==== |
| I have found the only way around this problem with editing in headers or footers not showing up, is to make sure I look at every page and make a minor edit. | I have found the only way around this problem with editing in headers or footers not showing up, is to make sure I look at every page and make a minor edit. | ||
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| - | === Their projects are unfriendly to storing changes in a repository like git === | + | ==== Their projects are unfriendly to storing changes in a repository like git ==== |
| Every time you publish a mobirise project, the output directory includes a project.mobirise file which is supposed to completely represent your site. It is often around 4MB in size. There is no way to diff two different project, | Every time you publish a mobirise project, the output directory includes a project.mobirise file which is supposed to completely represent your site. It is often around 4MB in size. There is no way to diff two different project, | ||
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| - | === It is not easy to move website editing of their projects to different computers === | + | ==== It is not easy to move website editing of their projects to different computers |
| I use mac and windows computers. While I like that the Mobirise editor can run on different platforms, to edit a website on a different computer, I have to re-import that large project file. | I use mac and windows computers. While I like that the Mobirise editor can run on different platforms, to edit a website on a different computer, I have to re-import that large project file. | ||
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| - | === Can't edit mobirise websites from you iphone or android === | + | ==== Can't edit mobirise websites from you iphone or android |
| A wiki can be edited from any and all of the devices I own. | A wiki can be edited from any and all of the devices I own. | ||
| - | === Block based UI makes for cumbersome editing === | + | ==== Block based UI makes for cumbersome editing |
| Editing text in a block based UI is cumbersome. With wiki, just move around the wiki text and edit as many things as you want before looking at a preview. | Editing text in a block based UI is cumbersome. With wiki, just move around the wiki text and edit as many things as you want before looking at a preview. | ||
| - | === Block based UI makes it more difficult to use with edits from Grok === | + | ==== Block based UI makes it more difficult to use with edits from Grok ==== |
| Grok writes superior text. But its hard to deal with multiple individual cut and pastes from Grok into the various blocks. | Grok writes superior text. But its hard to deal with multiple individual cut and pastes from Grok into the various blocks. | ||
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| With a wiki, just have grok generate dokuwiki formatted output for the page. | With a wiki, just have grok generate dokuwiki formatted output for the page. | ||
| - | === Problems with disappearing blocks === | + | ==== Problems with disappearing blocks |
| //This one is from 2020, and might be fixed by now, but it sure was aggravating when I encountered it// | //This one is from 2020, and might be fixed by now, but it sure was aggravating when I encountered it// | ||
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| - | === More reasons that might be fixed in the latest build === | + | ==== More reasons that might be fixed in the latest build ==== |
| Here are some of the things I might cover further, but maybe these limitations have been fixed. These things were true in the build of about a year ago. | Here are some of the things I might cover further, but maybe these limitations have been fixed. These things were true in the build of about a year ago. | ||
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| * it was easy to type too much in the prompt. | * it was easy to type too much in the prompt. | ||
| - | === Issues and Questions I have had over the years about Mobirise === | + | ==== Issues and Questions I have had over the years about Mobirise |
| Here are many things I have posted: https:// | Here are many things I have posted: https:// | ||
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| - | === Join the discussion === | + | ==== Join the discussion |
| When Martin Luther left the Catholic church, he graciously wrote a letter of 95 thesis explaining why, and posted them on the door of the church. | When Martin Luther left the Catholic church, he graciously wrote a letter of 95 thesis explaining why, and posted them on the door of the church. | ||
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