Website Building Templates
Transcript: Domains Search engine optimisation Convenient for beginners: tools, professional templates and guidelines Questions? Easily add alt text for images in the blog posts Editing the page with wordpress.com Disadvantages Advantages Great selection of themes to choose from Drag and drop content onto the page Really intuitive interface - very simple to understand and easy to learn It's possibly to edit your site on a mobile or table using the app Great site for people who aren't very "tech savvy" Advantages Website Building Websites -v- Content Management Systems Price Price Easily add keywords to posts in the blog Less control over SEO than some other main competitors More expensive than the main competitors + even the starter plan does not remove Wix ads from the site Cannot change template Website ownership: You do not have access to website files or source code, nor can you edit the code. You can still add custom HTML to your ste using a widget. Not the best option for an ecommerce website since you need to manually add store widgets, create cart pages and then link the two together Advantages We each selected one of the above to create a "blogging" website Analysis of all three - listing advantages/ disadvantages of each Different features, prices, integrations offered etc We will provide a recommendation at the end of the comparison Comparison - Ease of Setting Up a Website on Three Different Website Building Websites Custom layouts and themes can be difficult to learn about Domain name and navigation Lisa Warren Berfu Sahin Eoin Corcoran Google analytics Domains Easy Content Updates SEO Integration Flexible E-commerce Options Optimized for Tablet/Mobile/PC Built-In Blogging Big Companies Use It Large Developer Community Comparison - What are you looking for? Alt titles and title tags Alt tags and title tags Very easy to add new pages - one click and select the new page format More expensive than the main competitors. Starter plan does not remove ads Convenient for beginners: tools, professional templates and guidelines Optimized for PC/Tablet and Mobile All websites are hosted on Wix’s servers which means they are fast and secured Ability to register your own domain on Wix Content Management Systems Integrations Excellent choice for beginners or people who are less "tech savvy". Drag and drop functionality is great Search engine optimisation Very easy to find how to use the alt tag feature Option to tag a picture is also very easy to find and simple to use Easily add text, image, gallery, slideshow, button (CTA), video, music, social media, menu, list and blog From the Wix app market, many tools are available for many categories Plugins Possible to add menu header, new pages and subpages Possible to link to a web address, document, lightbox, etc Possible to add navigation menu to each page Ease of use and templates Drag and drop text/ images onto the home page https://brfsahin.wixsite.com/feelslikehomeblog Themes Very intuitive interface – just click background picture to change it Website Building Websites Alt tags and title tags At the moment – I don’t want to pay anything, so I’ll use the Weebly sub domain Search engine optimisation Pick a theme Disadvantages Changing themes Released in 2003 with 75 million websites/ 39 million hosted on wordpress.com 160 million downloads with 58% market share stats show that since March 2016, WordPress is actually powering 26.4% of the web Google Analytics is available only for upgraded plans and you need to connect your own domain Google Analytics allows you to track information about your site including: The number of people that have visited your site The geographical location from where your site's traffic is coming from The length of time that your visitors stay on each page The statistics can be broken down to individual pages so you can see the traffic on each page There was an option to change themes, but unfortunately it did not seem to be too effective. There were only minor changes to the pages after I switched themes, overall the site did not change as I expected it to. More than 325 million unique visitors now going to over 40 million Weebly sites monthly Offers a range of pricing options, including free and premium consumer plans The highest rated website building mobile app in the App Store and Google Play Wide range of responsive themes and features perfectly suited for websites, blogs or online stores Find a domain Powers almost 25% of websites on the internet. Most versatile of all three reviewed Custom Layouts and Themes Can Be Tricky WordPress Software Needs to be Updated Regularly Web Development and Marketing Experience Helps Simply a case of click and edit - couldn't be easier Google analytics and html code In terms of site set-up, very few apparent disadvantages from the outset Load time for pages after edits can be quite slow Premium plans seem to be quite expensive Forum posts about Weebly suggest issues with reliability are somewhat frequent