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Website designing for beginners !

By Prashant Sharma 24 September 2008 10 Comments

Web builder tools has been there for years to make self-designing of websites feasible and easier for nerds.But the outcome of such tools has always been non-professional.

But the new generation website-building services have completely changed the old scenario.With technologies such as Flash & Ajax,the user interface has become very interactive and the outcome is as good as a professionally designed website.

So,here is our compilation where you will get to see four excellent website building services(for non-techies) that have greatly impressed with their features and functionalities…

One of these services called ‘Wix‘ has already been covered by us earlier.

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Brief-up

It lets you build a website in three easy steps…Choose a template,add content & images and Publish !

Collection of templates

72 (free)

Freedom of expression

Low-medium

Ad publishing support(in-built)

Google Adsense

Editor usability(ease of use)

6/10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unique features 

Picnik API integrated (Advanced image editor)

Website download option available

Non-flash website

Most suitable for…

those who want a decent looking website in Instant noodles mode and also want to download their website and use it elsewhere.

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Brief-up

It provides you with a user-friendly editor(heavy use of Ajax and Javascript) which helps you build a professional website with no hassles  

Collection of templates

48

Freedom of expression

Low-medium

Ad publishing support(in-built)

Google Adsense,AdBrite(but it takes 50% of your website’s Adsense earnings)

Editor usability(ease of use)

7/10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unique features 

Offers economical hosting+domain packages

Great UI(User Interface)

All-in-one support

Most suitable for…

those who want an All-in-one support for their pro website at one place(domain+hosting+editor+blog) and ready to spend min. $25 per year(good deal) for it

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Brief-up

It facilitates a Flash Editor which is fun to play with.The templates look great from design point of view.

Collection of templates

35

Freedom of expression

Medium-High

Ad publishing support(in-built)

No 

Editor usability(ease of use)

8/10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unique features 

Animation and special effects

Flash website with Search engine indexing

Exceptional templates

Most suitable for…

those who want a flash website with animation and special effects without shelling out any bucks

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Brief-up

Create or modify templates with snappages editor.Add Youtube video,Google Maps,images and similar stuff to your site

Collection of templates

3(rest aren’t free)

Freedom of expression

small-medium

Ad publishing support(in-built)

No 

Editor usability(ease of use)

7.5/10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unique features 

Final website in Flash+HTML format

Transitions within editor 

Most suitable for…

those who are ready to shell out around $50 per year for a self-developed professional website and want features such as Google Maps(for showing a particular location),Youtube videos etc with no hassles

10 Comments »

  • submit website said:

    submit website…

    After reading this post, I am not sure I understand what you are trying to relate. Please expand on your thoughts a little more. Thanks…

  • Jim Spence said:

    Monday In searching for sites related to web hosting and specifically best free web site hosting, your site came up.

  • buzzman said:

    Greets! Really good. Big ups! Tnx! Saw!

  • Wayne said:

    Wayne…

    Thanks for posting your topic Web development blog – offshore web development blog – ASP.NET …. These type of postings are great and very helpful to me. I was just searching for web site designing today, Thursday, and I was lucky to come across thi…

  • Website said:

    Is there a trial review?

  • Prashant Sharma (author) said:

    What exactly did you mean by ‘trial review’..It’s a review of various website building tools available on the web

  • Danyel Fielding said:

    Hi nice post, i have come across your site once before when searching for something so i was just wondering something. I love your theme, would it happen to be a free one i can download, or is it a custom one you had made? In a few weeks i will be launching my own site, i’m not great with designs but i really like the style of your site so it would be cool if i could find (or pay for) something with a similar look. :) Thanks!

  • Prashant Sharma (author) said:

    The theme is free and customized by us to suit our concept.It’s called Arthemia…Have the link http://michaelhutagalung.com/2008/05/arthemia-magazine-blog-wordpress-theme-released/
    The theme is well made and you won’t be bothered to customize the theme too much

  • rajveer said:

    Hi nice post,

    i have come across your site once before when searching for something so i was just wondering something. I love your theme, would it happen to be a free one i can download, or is it a custom one you had made? In a few weeks i will be launching my own site, i’m not great with designs but i really like the style of your site so it would be cool if i could find (or pay for) something with a similar look. :) Thanks!

    Rajveer Singh
    9166520780

  • Prashant Sharma (author) said:

    Hey Rajveer…The theme i currently have is Free to use.It’s Arthemia.I have done few customizations to make it look appropriate acc. to my needs. You can try it as well…

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