[Hidden-tech] Advice on Weebly & Free websites

[Shel Horowitz]

Makes sense. I'm a big believer in being as frugal as possible. But 
not in shooting myself in the foot.

She should check with whoever provides her with Internet--many would 
have free webspace included as part of the account, can do the site 
for free with wordpress.org, and then it's easier to justify the nine 
bucks for the domain.

There are also many business paybacks from that decision, such as 
being able to have an e-mail address that  doesn't change if she 
changes ISPs or webhosts later as her needs change, and having total 
control of her own content.

If she still goes the free route, she should consider hosting on 
wordpress.com, and then porting over to her own domain once she can 
afford it.

I will say in Weebly's favor that the sites I have seen there have 
not been a turnoff.

At 10:36 PM -0500 11/18/10, Shalini Bahl wrote:
>I hear you Shel and typically I feel the same way as you. But in 
>this case I had to set aside my a priori judgments as my client who 
>has paid me in advance is a single mom with 2 autistic kids, 
>starting a new business, and needs to save every dollar she can to 
>support her family. Which is why I am reaching out to the hidden 
>tech community to share their experiences with free websites with 
>respect to ease of use, ease of designing site, social media 
>integration, seo, and security if we want to add secured payment.
>
>And maybe a paid for site is the way to go, but in this case I felt 
>I wanted to get as much as information as I can before making a 
>decision one way or the other.
>
>Thank you for your response :)
>shalini
>
>On Nov 18, 2010, at 4:01 PM, Shel Horowitz wrote:
>
>>At 2:51 PM -0500 11/18/10, Shalini Bahl wrote:
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>>>Hello Helpful People,
>>>
>>>Does anyone have any experience with Weebly.com? What are the pros 
>>>and cons of using Weebly vs. other free websites? Much appreciate 
>>>any feedback.
>>>
>>>Happy day to you all :)
>>>shalini
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>>I have not used Weebly--but I can tell you that I have a distinct 
>>prejudice against doing business with anyone who won't pony up nine 
>>bucks to get a real domain name. Just last month, I was all set to 
>>do business with someone, followed a link, ended up on a tripod 
>>site, and I was out of there, wallet still unopened.
>>
>>When someone hangs out with spammers, my trust level goes waaaay down.
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