Best solution in 2023 for a resource website?

Question

My Mom has about a hundred lesson plans for elementary school teachers.

Currently, they are all scattered across a WordPress blog. We want to make them available in an organized manner.

What is the best tool to make a website for her?

Tool should have:
1. WYSIWYG editor (no Markdown she doesn't get that)
2. Quick to setup and maintain. 
3. Easy to create new categories (visual lessons, vs audio lessons)

Potentials I am considering:
1. Webflow
2. Squarespace
3. ?

Momcilo Popov · Accepted Answer

Biased founders promoting their products allowed 😅?

Sean Lane · Answer

Gumroad? Haven't used it personally, but seems popular.

Scott Christensen · Answer

Build Webflow CMS and then share with her via editor view. Best for mass content creation for those who are less tech savvy, imo.

Cameron Smith · Answer

Notion 100%

+ a hosting service that's around $5 per month

Geetanjali Shrivastava · Answer

@joshdance Hi...I was looking at the launch of Twinr and wondering if that would be a good solution for your mother's work?

Geetanjali Shrivastava · Answer

Hi Josh, As a former teacher who shared lesson plans on WordPress, I feel your mother's pain. Before migrating the content to a new platform, have you tried categorisation etc? WordPRess allows search, and with the right categories and tags, it can become easy to find lesson plans. I've seen it implemented by other teachers with much more content on their blog than mine, so perhaps it's worth a shot? Here's an example (it's in French, sorry for that!): https://communfrancais.com//blog/

Rosie Sherry · Answer

Ghost is nice (I use it for Rosieland) and easy to add on paid membership if required.

Joshua Dance · Answer

@scottchris88 I will look at this. Hadn't used Webflow CMS before.

Momcilo Popov · Answer

@joshdance Sure! BCMS (https://thebcms.com) is a great CMS because it allows you to easily create a content structure as per your needs. Especially when it comes to e-learning, it is necessary to be able to write structured content. For example, some of the must-have things that come to my mind: - Being able to model your content structure for each lesson - Modelling each course's structure - Integrations: you can easily integrate other services (newsletters, embedding, sharing..) - Multi-Channel Delivery: At any point, you can decide to create a mobile app, for example. With BCMS, you can easily distribute content on a website, mobile app, and many other destinations. Of course, all the above applies to people who are willing to develop their websites from scratch and thus make them 100% as per their needs, fast and secure.

Cameron Smith · Answer

@joshdance https://www.anotioneer.com/ looked pretty good. https://help.replicastudios.com/ is where I used it before, this simple structure might work.

Cameron Smith · Answer

https://super.so/ - $12 per month

Sean Lane · Answer

@joshdance ah, gotcha

Joshua Dance · Answer

@cameron_smith3 Hadn't thought of Notion. Any good examples of a notion resource site? Thanks!

Joshua Dance · Answer

@momciloo Obviously. But make the case for why it is a good fit. :)

Joshua Dance · Answer

@geetanjalishrivastava Thanks, looked at the example. I will consider just setting up categories. I worry it will be fragile and I will have to baby sit the content to keep it working.

Best solution in 2023 for a resource website?

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