If you want a professional website, you gotta learn HTML, CSS and Javascript (at least).
Still trying to get better designs, I'm still only an intermediate at CSS.
If you want a professional website, you gotta learn HTML, CSS and Javascript (at least). Still trying to get better designs, I'm still only an intermediate at CSS.
You can very easily remove the footer from Weebly.
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Hi! I'm using Moonfruit, though, as they say "different strokes for different folks." Any free website builder has advantages and disadvantages. A good overview of these tools can be found at http://www.webbuildersguide.com/free-website-builders/. Good luck.
Depending on what your website is going to be for, Wordpress is also a really great option. Although it's primarily a blog-style CMS, it can be used for a lot more. It's also really customizable, with themes available basically everywhere on the internet for every purpose, and it's not difficult to create your own themes (although to get them to look pretty may take a little while).
Wordpress by itself isn't a fully-fledged website, as you'll need somewhere to host it. There's a lot of free hosting services out there (X10 and 000WebHost are some of the more popular ones I believe), and you can install Wordpress through their control panel most of the time using a service like Softaculous. Most hosts usually have a tutorial you can follow.
Alternatively, if you like the sound of Wordpress but don't really want to go through the hassle of hosting it yourself, you could use Wordpress.com. It's less like the Wordpress CMS and more like an enhanced version of Tumblr, but it may suit your needs depending on what you want it to do.
If you want a professional website, you gotta learn HTML, CSS and Javascript (at least).
Still trying to get better designs, I'm still only an intermediate at CSS.
I wouldn't go so far as to say useless, but I do agree that it's best if a person is into tech stuff that they just learn the technologies you mentioned. I hate using templates or site builders, I prefer to code everything by hand with Editpad Pro. Granted, not everyone is a techie and wants to learn all that stuff. In that case, Wordpress and the like are fine. I prefer the manual option though because then you know every "nut and bolt" of your site.
And what if OP doesn't have time to learn that stuff?
You can pretty much learn to use bootstrap in a weekend. If OP didn't have that kind of time to spare, why would he be intent on making a website himself in the first place?
You couldn't learn HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, JQuery etc in one weekend. Many people use free website builders because they simply don't have the time to go through the tedium of developing a website with code.
You don't need to know anything about Javascript, PHP, or jQuery to make a website. And you frankly don't really need to know CSS to use Bootstrap, either. So yes, you absolutely can learn HTML in a weekend.
The reason people use website builders is almost always because they're irrationally scared of the idea of writing code, or they can't tell the difference between a well designed site and one made using a free WYSIWYG tool.
Weebly is a great free option, and the menu is absolutley great for building a basic free website.
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Still trying to get better designs, I'm still only an intermediate at CSS.
For me the top three sites in this list would be wix, weebly and jimdo.
You can very easily remove the footer from Weebly.
Yeah, but I'm not talking about Weebly only.
To sum them all up into the same points is useless then, as it doesn't apply to them all.
used Wix
Hi! I'm using Moonfruit, though, as they say "different strokes for different folks." Any free website builder has advantages and disadvantages. A good overview of these tools can be found at http://www.webbuildersguide.com/free-website-builders/. Good luck.
Depending on what your website is going to be for, Wordpress is also a really great option. Although it's primarily a blog-style CMS, it can be used for a lot more. It's also really customizable, with themes available basically everywhere on the internet for every purpose, and it's not difficult to create your own themes (although to get them to look pretty may take a little while).
Wordpress by itself isn't a fully-fledged website, as you'll need somewhere to host it. There's a lot of free hosting services out there (X10 and 000WebHost are some of the more popular ones I believe), and you can install Wordpress through their control panel most of the time using a service like Softaculous. Most hosts usually have a tutorial you can follow.
Alternatively, if you like the sound of Wordpress but don't really want to go through the hassle of hosting it yourself, you could use Wordpress.com. It's less like the Wordpress CMS and more like an enhanced version of Tumblr, but it may suit your needs depending on what you want it to do.
I wouldn't go so far as to say useless, but I do agree that it's best if a person is into tech stuff that they just learn the technologies you mentioned. I hate using templates or site builders, I prefer to code everything by hand with Editpad Pro. Granted, not everyone is a techie and wants to learn all that stuff. In that case, Wordpress and the like are fine. I prefer the manual option though because then you know every "nut and bolt" of your site.
I personally like to use Wordpress and Weebly when it comes to free website hosts.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/
http://www.codecademy.com/
http://brackets.io/
http://jquery.com/
http://getbootstrap.com/
I hear those are all pretty good
You can pretty much learn to use bootstrap in a weekend. If OP didn't have that kind of time to spare, why would he be intent on making a website himself in the first place?
You don't need to know anything about Javascript, PHP, or jQuery to make a website. And you frankly don't really need to know CSS to use Bootstrap, either. So yes, you absolutely can learn HTML in a weekend.
The reason people use website builders is almost always because they're irrationally scared of the idea of writing code, or they can't tell the difference between a well designed site and one made using a free WYSIWYG tool.
Why not program a website by yourself? It's fun and helpful.
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I use Weebly too:D
Old post. But... Why not.
Weebly by far! Weebly is super simple even a 7 year old could make one.
If you're going a little more complex go with Wix.
Wix is exactly like Weebly but you can do more. And more means harder.
Still no coding though