[GNC] Proposal to Redesign the GnuCash Website with Wordpress

[Geert Janssens]

Hi Timo,

Thank you for your offer.

I agree with you the project's website is showing its age and can use some love.

I'm maintaining a wordpress site in another context myself. From that experience, I don't 
lean towards wordpress any more though.
For our needs I'd rather have a revamped site implemented using a static website 
generator. So far I only have experimented with Hugo as example, but I know there are 
more.

In my experience a CMS like wordpress brings quite a bit of additional maintenance. It's a 
huge code base of which we'd only use a small part, but which leave much room for 
uncaught bugs.

That is however just my 2 cents as a currently inactive gnucash dev. I'd be interested to 
hear what the others think of this.

Regards,

Geert

Op woensdag 11 juni 2025 17:36:10 Midden-Europese zomertijd schreef Timo Volkov via 
gnucash-user:
> Hi,
> 
> I wanted to share some honest feedback: the current GnuCash website looks
> quite outdated, which may discourage potential new users. As someone who
> loves open source and has been using GnuCash for both business and personal
> finances, I truly appreciate what the project offers—especially compared to
> other accounting software that often comes with high costs and
> restrictions.
> 
> I believe GnuCash deserves more attention and a broader user base. To help
> with this, I’d like to offer my skills to redesign the website using
> WordPress, creating a modern and user-friendly interface. My goal is to
> make the site more inviting and informative for newcomers, helping them
> better understand the software’s features and benefits.
> 
> If you’re interested, I’d be happy to create an initial draft (such as a new
> landing page) for your review. If you like the direction, I can continue
> with the other necessary subpages.
> 
> I have experience building websites and would love to contribute to the
> project in this way. Please let me know if you’re interested or if you have
> any questions.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Timo
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