website builder advice

By : Growing Business
Published 4th May 2012 |
Read latest comment - 10th August 2012

what do you guys use as website builders i use moonfruit
is online or offline web better and what are the best of both online or offline that is still aforadble i trialed Dreamweaver its to complicated and to expensive
thanks jack

coventryandwarwickshireseoandweb
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Use wordpress(even though it's not exactly a website builder), it's easy to start, seo friendly, free and it's not just a blog anymore but a powerful CMS. Learn a bit and you can make a nice looking website with the help of themes, plugins and community.

You can build your site online or offline. If it's a new site nobody knows about, then developing it on the actual site online is better(not recommended though) in a sense that you don't have to import anything when it gets done. However if it's a live site and you are redesigning it, then you don't want your visitors to land your page where you messed up with your files and an infinite loop has begun which will scare your visitors away and you won't see them ever again. LOL

I would personally think it is better to look into a cms like joomla, drupal or wordpress rather than using a website builder.

Thanks,
fourth-monkey

I would personally think it is better to look into a cms like joomla, drupal or wordpress rather than using a website builder.

There I would agree, especially with WordPress. I mean, not only does it take care of everything for you, but you can study PHP and read through the multitudes of sites that teach you about WP, and you can end up coding fresh new templates yourself. So its really quite versatile IMHO.

Thanks,
Dreamraven

forum avatarMagento
28th May 2012 8:21 AM
Wordpress is great and easy to use must try 1 time..

Magento

I would personally think it is better to look into a cms like joomla, drupal or wordpress rather than using a website builder.

I agree I use Joomla easy to use I think and lots you can do with it butit all depends on what you want from the website.

Adrian W

I use Wordpress on ALL of my client's websites as well as on my own website (you gotta practice what you preach ) simply because it's the best web platform available out there. You can also look into Joomla which is another great platform for building CMS based websites.

I'm curious, is there a reason why you want to build your business website yourself? I don't know you (yet) and don't know how skillfull you are in web development and online marketing...

However, if you're like 99.999% of small (local) business owners, you'll manage to build your website for your business, BUT you won't be satisfied with the results you'll get from it. Atleast until you figure out the online marketing part that is...

denisklicic

If you’re not accustomed to web-design it might be better to step down and pay a professional. Yes it might be costly, but the results would pay for themselves. If you do decide to go that route I second the idea of WordPress. Either way, best of luck to you and let us know how it pans out!

Thanks,
longlivemedia

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