Blogs vs HTML

Maybe I am a control freak - but I love to use HTML and CSS and have full control over the appearance of any of my published material online. As opposed to Blog templates. Apparently Wordpress is a little more flexible and I have to say all of the functionality of adding and joining others blog sites can require some programming skill - and time! I guess it just depends what you are aiming to do - and how much time and effort you want to put into a project.