Creating a website
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The problem with wix or any other 'builders' are they all fall down eventually.
The whole point of a website is to look professional and get noticed on google, you wont do that with a free builder.
If you dented your brand new car you wouldn't go to halfords and buy the rattle cans and follow a youtube video.....
Have a look at some proper hosting with a wordpress installation and theme, then you will own it properly and you stand a good chance of getting a good website - the next step after that is a static site generator with custom features and bespoke design.
PM me if you need any help, hosting you should be looking up to £50 a year + domain, a decent theme can cost you £50, generally you can install the demo files and edit it from there, or get a professional to help you along the way
The whole point of a website is to look professional and get noticed on google, you wont do that with a free builder.
If you dented your brand new car you wouldn't go to halfords and buy the rattle cans and follow a youtube video.....
Have a look at some proper hosting with a wordpress installation and theme, then you will own it properly and you stand a good chance of getting a good website - the next step after that is a static site generator with custom features and bespoke design.
PM me if you need any help, hosting you should be looking up to £50 a year + domain, a decent theme can cost you £50, generally you can install the demo files and edit it from there, or get a professional to help you along the way
DSLiverpool said:
Wordpress 100% - if Strain doesn’t do it look at Upwork just make sure it’s properly hosted.
Wordpress is good for 99% but I think a lot of focus will be put on static sites for bespoke applications, recently done one to replace wordpress, most pages follow googles guidelines of <500kb, load really quick, massive boosts over wordpress if you have the cash to implement it!My 2p worth and my experience.
The task was to create a website for an online business, a full commercial site.
Early ’20 I went with a professional web site builder for online business. He was writing the content management system from scratch (no he wasn’t - he was copy-and-pasting it from a previous project) and it took ages. WAAAY longer than it should have done even including COVID effects.
I could hardly edit anything apart for the product pages, and it took me ages to build those. A mate (on PH funnily enough) critiqued it, and then some, and I realised it was rubbish. If you want to know which web site developers to avoid, I can let you know.
I binned the effort (at a cost of £3.5K) and went with a mate’s sister (a graphic designer) who had the bare bones built in 4 days. All I had to do was copy/save a page and then edit accordingly. All pages are editable by me all the time. It loads quickly, certainly enough for friends looking at it, not one person commented on speed of loading. The woocommerce bit is actually impressive (for what I want it for).
It was built on WordPress, and for where I am at this stage of the business it’s more than adequate. I’m not Amazon, and I don’t intend to be.
The task was to create a website for an online business, a full commercial site.
Early ’20 I went with a professional web site builder for online business. He was writing the content management system from scratch (no he wasn’t - he was copy-and-pasting it from a previous project) and it took ages. WAAAY longer than it should have done even including COVID effects.
I could hardly edit anything apart for the product pages, and it took me ages to build those. A mate (on PH funnily enough) critiqued it, and then some, and I realised it was rubbish. If you want to know which web site developers to avoid, I can let you know.
I binned the effort (at a cost of £3.5K) and went with a mate’s sister (a graphic designer) who had the bare bones built in 4 days. All I had to do was copy/save a page and then edit accordingly. All pages are editable by me all the time. It loads quickly, certainly enough for friends looking at it, not one person commented on speed of loading. The woocommerce bit is actually impressive (for what I want it for).
It was built on WordPress, and for where I am at this stage of the business it’s more than adequate. I’m not Amazon, and I don’t intend to be.
I build websites for small businesses with plenty I can showcase.
I use wordpress with a themebuilder.
It can be done fast and with a little instruction you can be putting your own pages or posts together in no time.
With everything in place ie your logo, your words and vitals(phone number, email etc) a one page could come together in hours and even a basic site wouldnt take too long.
Content is always where people fall over, I spend my days asking people for their words, sometimes I end up writing it and bill them which they are happy with everyone hates doing it.
DM me if interested - best to get it setup properly and take over from there.
I use wordpress with a themebuilder.
It can be done fast and with a little instruction you can be putting your own pages or posts together in no time.
With everything in place ie your logo, your words and vitals(phone number, email etc) a one page could come together in hours and even a basic site wouldnt take too long.
Content is always where people fall over, I spend my days asking people for their words, sometimes I end up writing it and bill them which they are happy with everyone hates doing it.
DM me if interested - best to get it setup properly and take over from there.
CarPrintGuy said:
WordPress if you want a strong foundation for SEO in the future. Will need to use a developer to upload an off-the-shelf theme (browse ThemeForest), and to carry out security checks and plugin updates.
Wix if you want to DIY and just need a small simple showcase website.
Why do you need a developer to upload an off-the-shelf theme?Wix if you want to DIY and just need a small simple showcase website.
download theme as zip file
go to the themes section and click upload
select file
enable it
not too complicated
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