Website Building Suggestions (Page 3): I use Smugmug. If it works for you, what is the issue?

PHRubin Loc: Nashville TN USA

I use Smugmug. If it works for you, what is the issue?

jefflane

I have a related question. I already own a domain and have a host. What website building sofware would anyone recommend to build the website itself? I would note that Wordepress requires using a wordpress host and the domain that they "give" you. That part is not free.

Rongnongno Loc: FL

jefflane wrote:

I have a related question. I already own a domain and have a host. What website building sofware would anyone recommend to build the website itself? I would note that Wordepress requires using a wordpress host and the domain that they "give" you. That part is not free.

Check your host offering, more often than not they offer WP as a freebee.

Dreamhost by example offers many solutions for free and other that are add ons. WP, Forums, e-Mails, wiki and a slew of other things are offered. You can edit these things as much as you like, if you are a coder.

sloscheider Loc: Minnesota

jefflane wrote:

I have a related question. I already own a domain and have a host. What website building sofware would anyone recommend to build the website itself? I would note that Wordepress requires using a wordpress host and the domain that they "give" you. That part is not free.

Nope, you don't have to use a "wordpress host" - in fact, you can punch a hole through your home firewall, setup an Apache web server on your home computer with MySQL plugged in and then install Wordpress - all of this is free and off the shelf.

As Rongnongno said, your hosting provider may have a "canned" wordpress installation preconfigured for you but if you have FTP or shell access you can upload the WordPress package to your hosted directory, create a database file and get things rolling but in all likelihood you won't have to get your hand this dirty.

OleMe Loc: Montgomery Co., MD

Think about jalbum.net for vreating albums as well as hosting.

domcomm Loc: Denver, CO

I agree on Weebly. I have several sites on it for myself, as well as for clients. I used GoDaddy once because my client had already signed up for it, but found it to be very difficult to work with.

worldcycle Loc: Stateline, Nevada

Thank you everybody for their suggestions and examples they have provided. Am now looking into either Weebly of Smugmug.

Thanks again.