I’m getting rid of my old Yahoo website builder program - it keeps dumping information for no apparent reason.
I’m reasonably skilled getting around programs and editing but I do not know ( and don’t want to learn) HTML. Anyone have suggestions?
I use Adobe Dreamweaver and use the template(s) provided. You need someone to host your site (I used GoDaddy for a while which has its own upload) and Filezilla to upload to the ftp.
I use a program called CoffeeCup that you can purchase and download online. It’s a “What you see is what you get” type program (i.e. no coding knowledge required). It’s not perfect but I’ve been generally happy with it. It’s hard finding something that’s not either way more complex than I need or way too simplistic, and this is one that seems to fall in the middle. I use myhosting.com to host the site.
It is pretty easy to use, templates are nice and a good variety to choose from…quick to update which is the most important for our needs.
I use Network Solutions - it is a little more expensive, but a pretty powerful tool.
Wordpress. Learn how to use it! It’s not hard and there are so many templates available.
If you want to go the simplest route, use wordpress.com and then forward to your own domain name. Wordpress-hosted sites have less flexibility but the platform is completely maintained by Wordpress so you don’t need to worry about keeping things up to date. Unless you choose a premium template, the cost is one of the best parts – it’s free. I run my www.equineink.blog from there, but have a custom URL. They have templates that look like websites, so you are not stuck in the blog format.
If you want to tinker more or have additional functionality, you can host a Wordpress.org site by installing the platform on your domain. Most of the big hosting companies make it very easy. Then choose a template and add content. However, you do need to make sure that all the elements are up to date and that takes some monitoring.
I have several sites that run on Wordpress platforms including: www.equestrianhow2.com, www.cabling videonews.com, and a few client sites such as www.cetonline.org, RecycingworksMa.org, etc.
I’ve had word press recommended before but I’m concerned about the limited number if pages. I need 50-100.
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There is no limit with WordPress (assuming you are hosting yourown installation).
I’m not aware of any page limitations even on the Wordpress.com sites. The sites I manage for my clients are quite large.
I really like WIX.com… I just use the free version and it is easy to use with lots of options (no html needed but you can write your own if you want). They offer hosting too, but I don’t see the point as the ads are minimal anyway…
I also use adobe dreamweaver…it’s great and you can teach yourself… but not cheap. I have used Globat.com as my hosting agent for 12 years… they have great marketing tools, etc. I use, FTPCute Lite (free upload program). And I buy my URL’s at Godaddy.Com. All these tools have been good to me for over a decade, reasonably priced but each specialize in one thing. I haven’t found any one that gives me all I need
Another vote for wordpress. I am an IT professional and have built websites for years. At this point, if a client is on a budget, I just buy them a template, customize and off we go. You can get a nice template that is responsive designed (for your mobile customers) for $50 or less. It is really the only way to go where you can get that professional look without having to have any coding knowledge.
I have used ‘WYSIWYG’… ‘what you see is what you get’. I am the least computer savvy person around, and I could design decent websites with this program!
I have a mac and not sure if it is available for PC, but I purchased Sandvox and it was pretty darn easy to use and create a website. Plus they had instructional videos if you were lost and good support FAQs.
I really need to build a website, but I must confess I’m alittle intimidated.
I did a search and Web.com came up highly recommended, yet I don’t see it mentioned here. I tried browsing their site, but all they kept mentioning was blog, blog, blog.
I don’t want to blog, I just want a website…I feel that FB has pretty much taken over the “blog” aspect.
Does anyone know about this site?
I am trying to decide between and wordpress and wix, so would love to hear more views on anyone who uses wix
I love my wordpress website, it is very easy for me to update. It was designed by Carolynne Smith - Pixel graphix
I think wordpress is the way to go if you want something simple and almost free. I did my website with html and css only, no templates. I tried templates before and don’t like the look that much. I really don’t like most of the wix websites I have seen, I find that they are not nice in all browsers and often “cheap” looking. I hate too much bling and really don’t like the things that moves too much in a website. But this is my own taste. Wordpress in the hands of good webmasters (as I am not sure they are “designers” when they just use and customize an already “designed” template) can be very very good looking, and other times, really bad looking with fonts too big, photos that are all messed up, etc.
But I hear you, wanting to do your website by yourself. I do some websites for other breeders once in a while, and update them when they want to have them updated, and my fees are very affordables as I am not a professionnal, but it makes me so angry when I see breeders pay a load of money for… an almost untouched wordpress template that the webmaster just… filled out with the right texts and photos. Sometimes, they don’t even change the colours or the fonts!! And people pay waaaay too much for it. And they think they got the best of the best because it was made by a big name web design company.
I think Wordpress offers a strong platform that is easy to learn and allows non-technical people to work with easily. It may be easier to hire someone to set up the site and fine tune the template, but that generally isn’t too expensive.
I guess I look at a lot of websites, so I find most of the out-of-the-box solutions to look too generic, but the most important thing is for you to feel comfortable with it. Most of your customers will likely not be as concerned about the overall look and feel as the content.
you can look at mine, I use wix 
