The most significant challenge for a newcomer in XML is leaning the language. After learning how to write things to that they show up right, the only real problems are when formatting is finnicky and actually taking enough time to actually write everything.
The most significant challenge for a newcomer in psu sites is figuring out where all the formatting edit options are. Once you find those, the biggest problem is figuring out which ones make your site look how you want it to.
I would say that editing in XML itself gives you more freedom and control over your website, but it can take a bit longer to learn how to make it do all the things you want.
Making a website with pages is easier to make a page show up, becasue you dont have to build the code that the wbesite reads from, but it can get a little annoying to have to click around through different settings menues to get there.
Modifying the layout in XML is mostly easy, but can get difficult when it comes to spacing; the biggest help is keeping your code organized.
Modifying the layout on pages is a little easier, but it doesn't let you do as much because you have less control over how it looks due to the theme system.
The skills you need to develop to be good at editing XML directly are orginization and patience.
To edit pages sites, you need to be able to navigate styling and menues, and the editing options for inserted images.
The skill that I most want to improve on regarding XML editing is being able to format things how I want.
The skill that I want to improve on regarding editing on sites is baing able to navigate the editing menues.
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