Site building

[RIFF-RAFF]

Hi everyone.I've been doing a lot of reading in the Newbie forum in the past couple weeks and have decided that its now time to take action.I've already decided on a niche and am ready to create a website with articles and product comparisons with links to merchants.
Anyhow,I stumbled across Yahoo! SiteBuilder and am wondering if anyone has any past experience with it and what they thought of it.Thanks.

Frank

[imwebdev]

Hi There,

I had a client who used the Yahoo site builder a while back, and they had nothing but trouble! I tried to make changes to the site, but found it quite difficult. I am a web developer, so if I am having problems, I am sure newbies will not find it very easy. I do not know what it is like now as this was about a year ago!

I create my websites in Joomla, which is a Web 2.0 content manager, but the learning curve is a little high if you do not have any experience with it!

My recommendation would be Word Press! WordPress › Blog Tool and Weblog Platform
The good thing about Word Press is you can sign up for a free account, or download the software and put it on your own domain!


Hope that helps!

[RIFF-RAFF]

Geez,maybe I should have posted this before downloading Sitebuilder.It seems rather easy to use and comes with many templates and has tutorials and help tabs along the way.This is my first shot at building a site,is there any free or reasonably priced site building software for a super newbie like myself?
Thanks for the really fast responses guys...its very much appreciated.


Frank

[Linda Buquet]

Hi Frank,

If you took a vote I think the majority of people here would recommend
WordPress like imwebdev suggested. It's free and easy.

(Thanks imwebdev)

If you'd like to just try it and see what it's like here's a demo you can play with.
basically after you get it installed and set up the way you want it, then adding
new pages is about as easy as a word processor.
WordPress - OpenSourceCMS

I've never tackled setting up a WordPress blog myself, I always pay someone to do it
because I don't have any spare time and I'm not that technical. But everyone says it's pretty easy.

[imwebdev]

HI Frank,
Yes I do suggest having a plan with Word Press! It is easy to setup on your own domain, or you can setup an account and get started without downloading the software ( I Believe).

I usually install the software for clients on their own domain.
I have a little bit of experience with Word Press, so ask away if you have any questions.

Cheers

[RIFF-RAFF]

Does this software allow me to build on my computer and then upload to my site?Do they have templates available to help make this easier for me?Thanks for the leads and thanks for the patience everyone,I'm really struggling to learn and make this work.

Frank

Originally Posted by imwebdev

HI Frank,
Yes I do suggest having a plan with Word Press! It is easy to setup on your own domain, or you can setup an account and get started without downloading the software ( I Believe).

I usually install the software for clients on their own domain.
I have a little bit of experience with Word Press, so ask away if you have any questions.

Cheers

[imwebdev]

Hi Frank,
This software allows you to build your site directly from your web browser.
There are ways to download it and do it on your computer, but for a newbie I would not recommend it, as it entails setting up a server, which in itself can be a bit of work!

What I do recommend - though you should ask others on the forum, is to get your site live as soon as possible, even if it is not finished! The reason I say that is that it can take some time for your site to show up in search engines. And if you wait until your site is perfect before you launch it, you may find that if you are not promoting it right, you will get no traffic for some time.

That is what I have read, and experience in the past anyway.

Wordpress has a lot of templates available for free. But if you want some created, they can also be created for you.

Check out the Wordpress theme viewer for some templates:
Theme Viewer

Hope that puts you on the right track!
Cheers

[RIFF-RAFF]

Thanks imwebdev,I appreciate the help.I'm going to have to think of a domain name,select a host and get a live site up.This will be my first real commitment......exciting!Thanks again.

Frank

[greenflash]

Have you thought about Squidoo.com?? I know I talk about that alot, but it's sooo easy to just dive in - almost like a website with training wheels....

and you can make an unlimited amount of lenses about unlimited amount of topics

I've never used a Yahoo builder - but if its' free, I'll try it.

Wordpress.com has been a blessing for me too


Doug

[RIFF-RAFF]

Thanks for the lead greenflash.I've been playing around with a couple different programs myself.Yahoo Site builder doesn't seem so bad and another that I've discovered is Nvu.I'm in the process of planning a website layout,creating my site headers and writing some articles.I've literally been glued to my computer for the last 3 days trying learn all I can about building a site.Suffice it to say,I'm very slowly getting the gist of whats going on.It may take me a while but I'm getting there.I'll look into that Squidoo.com.Thanks again.

Frank