One question I'm commonly asked in
regards to blogging platforms is why do I prefer my self rolled VL
Automotive Blogging System vs Wordpress or Joomla type of systems.
Well its a great question, coming from primarily an application
development & security background the number one reason would be
because of security concerns.
Wordpress is an impressive software
package that allows individuals with minimal understanding of web
design to put together a web site rapidly, and for personal use it is
unmatched. Nevertheless, for commercial use you will want to question
whether it be a good idea to use software which is habitually hacked,
delivers slow performance and involves continuous technical
attention.
The VL Automotive Blogging System
consist of about 20 files containing markup code whereas a Wordpress
or Joomla site normally contain over 1,000 files of code and can
exceed 6,000 files depending on the plug-ins installed. The amount of
code that needs to be managed and updated etc is considerable adding
cost and resources to maintain an effective blogging platform.
Since there are countless blogs using
WordPress they can be a definite target for computer hackers. When a
hacker can locate a vulnerability in a single system chances are this
is present on many of the others. Additionally, as robots can
determine whether or not a site is made by WordPress or not once a
weakness has been discovered it is typically automatically exploited
on every similar website the hackers find. Once a blog has been
hacked it can be really difficult and expensive to fix.
Any site on-line is in danger of
hackers to some degree however, having a VL Automotive Blog would
mean that a hacker will need to target your blog specifically. The
difference with a WordPress based blog is that the hacker can target
a large number of blogs at once, without knowing or considering who
they belong to.
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