Reflection

Prior to using Concrete CMS, I had no idea what this CMS is. I never heard of it. I only knew about Concrete CMS from GoDaddy. After doing a little research on it, I decided to give Concrete a shot. I think Concrete is a little similar to WordPress that is why I was willing to try it out.

I applied critical and creative thinking in the construction of this website by applying what I learned about themes, customizations, and plug-ins. For my theme, I usually like it simple, so I changed the color and layout. Then, I added a simple block for the content in each page. Being able to use plug-ins defiantly help me so much! It made my designing and process a lot quicker and easier. The first few days using Concrete, I struggled so much. I just could not figure out how to add pages, themes, and plugins. I followed video tutorials and it was just not working out for me. I did not give up. I continue to keep trying wanting to make this CMS work. Finally, after so many attempts and resources, I finally figured it out! This was the most thing I struggled with.

Overall, I do still find that Concrete is similar to Wordpress. After learning Concrete, I think I am slow lying liking it. I got used to how to work he dashboard, adding pages, finding themes, and adding plugins. I got the hardest parts figured out, so I think Concrete is a great source to use. Since Concrete is the second CMS I learned, I'd keep it as my top 2 CMS for now. Below I did a caparison between the two CMS I tried: WordPress & Concrete.

Differences Between WordPress & Concrete
WordPress Free available themes to install Plugins are free to install Dashboard easy to learn More support options More popular among designers	Concrete Must to pay for new themes Small free selection of plugin Some better plugins you must pay Dashboard a bit complicate to learn Not a lot of support option Not that popular among designers
Similarities Between WordPress & Concrete
Both are open-source to use Both have plugins Both have themes Both have option to edit HTML and CSS Both are user friendly Both have dashboards to navigate You can edit pages and add content right on the pages You customize themes, blocks, containers, colors, text sizes, etc.

Differences Between WordPress & Concrete

WordPress

Free available themes to install
Plugins are free to install
Dashboard easy to learn
More support options
More popular among designers

Concrete

Must to pay for new themes
Small free selection of plugin
Some better plugins you must pay
Dashboard a bit complicate to learn
Not a lot of support option
Not that popular among designers

Similarities Between WordPress & Concrete

Both are open-source to use
Both have plugins
Both have themes
Both have option to edit HTML and CSS
Both are user friendly
Both have dashboards to navigate
You can edit pages and add content right on the pages
You customize themes, blocks, containers, colors, text sizes, etc.

Here are the resources I used to help me build this website using Concrete: