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creating my own website

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LaFlotte · 03/07/2013 11:42

Hi! Can anyone tell me which is the easiest site to use to do this? I am hopeless at IT so need something fool proof!!
Thanks!

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TheFallenNinja · 03/07/2013 11:45

If you give a bit more of an idea what you need I can help you.

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LaFlotte · 03/07/2013 12:40

Sorry to be vague!

I am looking to set up a fairly simple website myself. It will be for wedding planning so will feature photographs and text. It will need a landing page and then pages for About the company, service, venues, gallery, testimonials and an enquiry form.

Thanks in advance for any help!

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DolomitesDonkey · 03/07/2013 12:59
  1. Buy a domain name and hosting from a UK company (will help your search engine rankings to be based in the country in which you sell.)
  2. Install wordpress (.org not .com)
  3. Go to themeforest.net and choose a wordpress theme, pay, download and install.
  4. ta-da!
hedwig2001 · 03/07/2013 13:30

I used www.350.com to set up a website for my husband's business.
Free to start. Small fee to get rid of adverts.
Can buy a domain name from them if you want.

BinarySolo · 03/07/2013 13:34

Fast hosts are cheap and integrate with Wordpress and othe site building software. I'd imagine that a blog format would be ok as you won't be needing to take payments, which is a whole other headache!

Software like roman cart are good for payments if you do need them and will integrate with a paypal account.

BinarySolo · 03/07/2013 13:37

Fast hosts support is good too.

Godaddy are good but more expensive and have in built web design with templates - for an extra charge. Customer service is USA based but very good.

Cheeseatmidnight · 03/07/2013 13:40

I quite like mr site

TheFallenNinja · 03/07/2013 15:55

If you need any help with any of this let me know.

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LaFlotte · 04/07/2013 09:27

Thank you so much for all the tips. I will be spending some time on this over the weekend and will more than likely be back with questions!

Fallen Ninja - thank you for the offer that's very kind and I am certain I will be taking you up on it!

Quick question - I found a template on themeforest I think it was, that I quite liked. It didn't seem to be wordpress though, I think it said Concrete? Is this just a different system and do I need to download something first if I want to use this one?

Thanks!

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DolomitesDonkey · 04/07/2013 13:40

Can you put the link here?

I just had a look on themeforest and searched for Concrete and couldn't find a theme by that name - just two called "Fairytale" and "Sweatpea" using a Concrete 5 framework (which is not Wordpress!).

If you go to themeforest you can select all wordpress themes from the menu at the top of the page.

Don't go for a free site - they look so unprofessional, don't come with an associated email address and as a double whammy you have no control. Ask anyone with a free wix website how that worked out for them last week when wix went down!

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LaFlotte · 04/07/2013 15:00

Hi! I don't know how to do a link but the one I was looking at is 40 dollars and called wedding planner for concrete 5.

Would you recommend staying with WordPress rather than concrete 5?

Thanks again!!

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BinarySolo · 04/07/2013 16:21

I've had a brief play with concrete 5. It's pretty easy if you're familiar with Word as it world in a similar way. Fast hosts also offer integration with concrete 5. There should be plenty of free templates and making them look more bespoke should be doable.

Wordpress is probably easier to update on the go tho. There's an app for iPhone that would allow you to add pictures and new blogs.

Merguez · 09/07/2013 20:17

I used Squarespace to build mine. Very professional looking and easy to use, even for a luddite like me.

makeusawebsite · 10/07/2013 10:55

Obviously I am biassed, but creating your own website might sound like a great plan.... but honestly, it isn't!

consider some of the following;

Most website builders don't give you control of meta data data, alt tags, and other critical back-end code. If these aspects are not setup correctly your site is unlikely to rank or perform well.

Most off-the-shelf templates/wordpress themes are not WC3 valid. This means they likely wont be tested or work well on different browsers.

I would always advise paying a pro to do it properly, as how the website LOOKS is just a small percentage of what is involved in creating a website.

Adele
MakeUsAWebsite

CarpeVinum · 10/07/2013 10:56

weebly.

Well I like it.

mutasa · 17/07/2013 12:38

Try Yola, you get a free domain. It also comes with easy to edit free templates especially for your line of business. You also have nothing to lose by test driving it.

Although Wordpress is a powerful Content Management Systmem I would advice against this as the templates will usually require a lot of editing.

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