2.1b Website Platforms

 

Overview

These days it’s very easy to build beautiful, well developed websites thanks to a number of companies, programs and software available to even the most novice of designers. Take a look below to see if one of these can help you create responsive, content-driven sites to help put you on the right path toward dominating Google. 

WordPress

This platform first started as a blogging platform in 2003, but has sings been used as a full content website platform. It includes things like forums, mailing lists, plug-ins, widgets, themes, and more.

Wix

This is easy to use, professional and functional. Wix offers a drag and drop building platform, 100s of designer templates, top grade hosting, innovative apps and more.

Squarespace

Squarespace encourages creativity, and wants its users to “give a voice to their ideas.” The platform offers things like simple pages, galleries, blogs, an online store and more. Squarespace is also mobile friendly!

HTML

This is used during the creation of the website. It’s needed to make sure that the webpages are visually appealing. HTML provides images πορν ηθβ and other media as well as layout options including font, color, and text size.

Joomla

Joomla is a CMS (content management system). Joomla offers a handful of websites including corporate sites, online magazine, government applications, school and church websites and more. MTV, IHOP, and Harvard University use Joomla.

Drupal

This is a free software program that organizes, manages, and publishes content with a variety of customization options.

Tumblr

This platform allows you to share anything including test, links, music, photos, videos and more. Tumblr also allows you to customize everything from color to theme.