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		seanwilson on Aug 3, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Making Django CMS as easy to install as WordPress > So, a reasonable question to ask is what can I recommend to non-technical people when they need a website quickly and inexpensively that won't make me feel like I'm setting them up to get owned? Get them to use a hosted WordPress solution. So many times I see people hire someone to set up a VPS with a customised version of WordPress and then think it'll just run itself and stay secure.

simbalion on Aug 3, 2016 [–]

or pay for a managed solution. There are affordable options.

Most unmanaged "hosted wordpress" packages are shared hosting, which is junk for a serious business website.

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