Coffee cup is a great web company. Wordpresss is a great blogging company and offers many, many plugins that really make wordpress a viable choice. As a web designer, I really have to listen to what my client needs and that decides which program I will use.
The basic difference is coffee cup is a program on my computer and I design from my computer: client-side.
Wordpress is a program on my web host service and I work my design from a basic template but I build the web site on the web host service: server-side.
Where it gets confusing for the consumer needing a web site is when COMPANIES sell wordpress themes as part of their company.
The truth of the matter is the internet is a living and growing thing, and there will always be updates.
And unlike the world of printing, where the customer goes home with some kind of printed collateral, with web design, the customer only sees a digital image -- there is nothing tangible to hold. And what makes it worse is if the customer doesn't know how to update, they have to rely on their web designer (I excell at fast response in updates) or go to a more expensive level of CMS, customer managed service. Basically an online web company offering web sites is offering a very sophisticated CMS, which the customer pays a monthly fee. "Shopify" is a great example of this.
And then there are the customers who spend oodles of time getting a less than desirable looking web site.
As a web designer, I sympathize and understand. I still explain basic terms to customers so they understand. None of us were born with this knowledge, but some of us love it so much, we become professionals and do it all the time.
Isabel Smith
Isabel Smith Art and Design
Web and Graphic Design, Illustration and Calligraphy, Pet Paintings too!
www.isabelsmith.com