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05/04/2014 01:30:55 AM · #1
I am all set to build a website. However, with a number of website-builders available, one is spoilt for choice. My website will consist of articles, links to videos and a Discussion Forum.

I want a tool that's easier to use, makes wonderful websites, and offers excellent customer support.

Kindly help by suggesting top 3 of your favorites website builders.
05/04/2014 10:54:33 AM · #2
for what you want, wordpress

Message edited by author 2014-05-04 10:54:48.
05/04/2014 11:43:13 AM · #3
Originally posted by Mike:

for what you want, wordpress


+1
05/04/2014 11:46:31 AM · #4
Themeforest

I am getting ready to do this as well. Themeforest (which is Wordpress) seems to come highly recommended. If you search "photography" at that site you will get to a subsection with themes that fit a photography website easily.. Most themes seem to offer great support and make working with all the different web browsers simple.

Message edited by author 2014-05-04 11:51:40.
05/04/2014 11:55:49 AM · #5
Prophoto also appears to be highly recommended , although quite a bit more expensive than wordpress themes.
05/05/2014 08:30:41 AM · #6
Wow! I never thought that the decision will be so easy!!
05/05/2014 08:59:51 AM · #7
I agree that for you want, as Mike has said, Wordpress seems like the best choice.

For an actual static site, however, I've been playing with Wix, Weebly and Squarespace. Wix doesn't allow you to change themes once you've established your content, which is kind of a deal-breaker for me.

Squarespace has truly beautiful designs, but is a bit complicated, on the expensive side (as these things go, which really isn't all that expensive in the grand scheme of things).

I'm having moderate success with Weebly. Designs are not very exciting or as polished as those offered by Squarespace, but they are good enough for me, it's easy to use, and it's dirt cheap.
05/05/2014 10:37:59 AM · #8
Also check out "Elegant Themes" They have yearly plan and have over 80+ themes for single price ($69). All theme upgrade with-in the membership period is free and have some plugins included in the price.
05/06/2014 05:14:13 AM · #9
Originally posted by bohemka:

I agree that for you want, as Mike has said, Wordpress seems like the best choice.

For an actual static site, however, I've been playing with Wix, Weebly and Squarespace.



Let's start a poll for -
1.Wordpress, 2.Wix, 3.Weebly and 4.Squarespace.

Simply arrange these in order of your preference.
(For example: 1, 3, 4, 2).

I hope, this info will be useful for many of us.
05/15/2014 04:12:27 AM · #10
No votes? Am I missing something?
Or is it the wrong place to ask for polling??
05/15/2014 11:21:26 PM · #11
Originally posted by kbhatia1967:

Wow! I never thought that the decision will be so easy!!


When you grow up, you'll be intrigued by SmugMug. PM me for discount codes.
05/20/2014 02:31:25 AM · #12
I would like to recommend you about the webeminence.com/wix-review .. It is free and very easy to use.. You can add social plug-ins, eCommerce, community forums etc to your site using a variety of wix developed applications by just drag and drop tools.. You don\'t need to have much knowledge about web design..

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05/20/2014 04:11:39 AM · #13
I'm playing around with Squarespace because I like the designs. I'm getting the hang of it, so it's not too tough to use.
05/23/2014 01:50:23 AM · #14
Originally posted by kbhatia1967:


Let's start a poll for -
1.Wordpress, 2.Wix, 3.Weebly and 4.Squarespace.

Simply arrange these in order of your preference.
(For example: 1, 3, 4, 2).

I hope, this info will be useful for many of us.


This is not a bad idea afterall!
05/23/2014 02:54:15 AM · #15
One who has been building websites since the days of Hotdog "most will not remember that program" circa 1995ish I would say first register a domain get a host and install Joomla if you do not know any code. Joomla is pretty intense and had many easy to use modules to allow you to do many things and customize with little effort. Joomla is going to do all the work with just flipping switches in the control panel. Granted I would suggest learning HTML and a few other languages, but that is time you could be doing other things more interesting like watching the paint dry.
05/23/2014 02:56:40 AM · #16
BTW the best tool I have found to make building websites easier is Dreamweaver, but warning Adobe is proud of it as the price reflects.
05/23/2014 03:01:15 AM · #17
$9 a month gets you a domain and unlimited storage and bandwidth
05/23/2014 09:52:34 AM · #18
My work friends are mostly using squarespace for their personal photo websites now, and producing some great looking stuff really easily. If I were doing this as a business, I'd go that direction.

I just spun down the wordpress site I had for many years. I was only using the blog part and was tired of paying for hosting, so I switched to tumblr, which is much simplr, but not what you're looking for at all. Wordpress is fine, some of the paid themes are nice, but it always ran a bit slow, and I think squarespace has leapfrogged them in the past couple of years.
05/23/2014 10:20:24 AM · #19
Having done a thorough review recently of what each service offers, I'd agree that Squarespace offers the most refined design elements and the greatest likelihood of presenting a professional front. It's a top-notch service. That said, I found I was able to accomplish exactly what I wanted in much less time for 25% the expense with Weebly. For what it's worth, people assume I've used Squarespace to design it.

If I had a brick and mortar shop or restaurant, or even goods to sell (I don't sell prints or anything), Squarespace might be a better option, but I'm very happy with Weebly.

From my experience, Wordpress has become bloated with third-party themes and plug-ins. That slows things down, and can lead to glitches when things aren't updated properly.

Going with Squarespace or Weebly (or other similar services) is a one-stop streamlined process, and you can rest easy knowing a plug-in isn't going to throw an error page on your site because it hasn't been updated properly when Wordpress has done something behind the scenes.
02/07/2017 05:50:45 PM · #20
Found this threa quite by accident (Google Search). I'm seriuosly considering launching my own website. I'm a complete non techie... Should I go with WordPress or use any of free website builders? My budget is close to zero.
Thanks in advance!

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