One of the most asked questions for newbies to web site internet marketing is which website builder tools I would recommend for building web sites. There are many tools for website building both free and commercial ones that all have their strengths and weaknesses. I started off using some of the free ones but quickly found their limitations to be a hindrance. This is what happens as you become more proficient with tools. Over the past few years I have been using XSitePro version1.x which is a brilliant tool.
Here is why:
- Keeps all your web site projects in one place.
- I only need to learn and become proficient with one tool for all my sites.
- It logically lays out the design and separates this out from the content given you the best flexibility to make changes.
- I love the simple SEO tool that comes with it. I can SEO my content in minutes without having to think too hard about it because it tells you what to do!
- It comes with ready made templates and others you can buy.
- The help and user manuals are the best I have seen for this type of product period.
- The support is responsive if you have a problem.
- It comes with built-in publishing features as well making it easy to publish updates and ftp them to your hosting server.
The only things I found annoying in the version1.x were:
- Using it in design mode introduced a lot of extraneous HTML code into the source so you needed to be careful.
- If you wanted to add your own CSS stylesheets then you needed to be a bit technical to get it to work.
I recently upgraded to version2.x and it has got a load more features that I am working through. One of the best features is the scheduler that allows you to put your web site building process onto auto-pilot.
I would highly recommend strengths and weaknesses. I started off using some of the free ones but quickly found their limitations to be a hindrance. This is what happens as you become more proficient with tools for website building. Over the past few years I have been using XSitePro but it does have a steep learning curve so it is not for the faint hearted. It took me a few days to get everything I wanted out of it up and running. But there are plenty of XSitePro books, tutorials, help files, and support forums.
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