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Scratch that. I was using the old version of google sites. The new version is very simple and highly recommended!
Actually I ran into a hiccup with New Google Sites. It doesn't allow web hosting only forwarding. So I purchase a domain name and it forwards it to sites.google.com/view/nameofsite. The Classic Google Sites allows you to host the website on your purchased domain but the web editor is terrible. Looking for alternatives now.
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Will look into itHave you considered rapidweaver 7 ? It may even be cheap in your local mac app store
Yes a friend told me about wordpress today. Will look into it.
Will look into it
Yes a friend told me about wordpress today. Will look into it.
Only thing which puts me off wordpress is that you need to constantly keep it updated, as there are a lot of plugins with security flaws.
This makes it not suitable for websites with logins, or shopping, or email forms.
Basically, anything useful you want to do with wordpress rapidly becomes a headache of "what plugin is vulnerable today ? And what do I have to update now ?"
I was an admin for a political site that used wordpress, and we had nothing but trouble with the plugins which made it useful to us. In the end, we just shifted most of our site to a local social media network.
I wouldn't hassle with installing a CMS like WP, unless it's a managed deployment service, and even _then_ I'd look into a turnkey solution, where the hosting, tools, etc., are all bundled up as a single service. This company provides some beautiful designs OOTB, you can easily administrate the content, add plugins for additional functionality (basic form handling to complete e-com services).
https://www.squarespace.com/
https://www.squarespace.com/
How bout a website builder service like Webs, Weebly or Wix? (or Squarespace as mentioned ↑) I think that's what you're looking for; they're like Google Sites but far more robust and you can use your own domain name.
I'd personally recommend Weebly because Webs is too buggy and Wix is too "freestyle" (you have to position every little thing).
I'd personally recommend Weebly because Webs is too buggy and Wix is too "freestyle" (you have to position every little thing).
I recently came across this open source static site cms called publii (https://getpublii.com/). Not sure, if that's something to consider, but it might be an option, if they don't wanna go the squarespace/wix/weebly route, as those can be a bit limiting.
As long as you do not concern yourself with crashing plugins... aka crashing site.