I’ve never worked with WordPress before, but the installations went smoothly and everything seemed fine. I wasn’t quite sure how the themes worked though, as my pages didn’t look much different after activating Zakra. I also wasn’t sure how to use custom css, but using the Theme Editor as an example was helpful.
I might use this platform to post my dance pieces on with longer descriptions and discussions about their creation and intent. This would allow me to explore my creativity and have a place aside from LinkedIn to showcase my less formal work.
It seems like the drawbacks with your own website is the inability to join groups and promote your website easily. Without proper advertisement no one might see it at all. With the additional freedom of customization also comes another issue of too much freedom – people with bad taste (me) might create a bad looking website without professional UX experience.
