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trying to create a website
I made a website several years ago using Weebly - http://southernstarlongsword.weebly.com/ - and I'm very happy with it. Weebly is easy to use and I can add images/text/links/etc with very little difficulty.
It's pretty much drag and drop. Drag a box for text to where I want it. Drag a box for a video to where I want it, etc.
But support queries to Weebly now go unanswered, so it's clear that it may not be around much longer.
So, I'm looking for somewhere else. I own my own domain names, and that's not going to change. I want something that is dead easy to use, and not too expensive. We looked at Squarespace, but that's £120 per year and I have two web sites I need homes for. Neither are commercial and neither will get masses of visitors.
I'm trying Wordpress, but it's a struggle. Nowhere as easy to use as Weebly, and the results don't look as good either. It's a steep learning curve and I'm finding it quite stressful. Most useful stuff on how to use it is behind a paywall. It's free, but that's really its only virtue for me. Here's my attempt so far- and some pages don't appear at all as I can't get the links to work... https://maypoleroundtheworld.uk/ And the layout doesn't appeal either.
Does anyone know of a good system for building webpages that is as user friendly as Weebly, but cheaper than SquareSpace?
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But if the alternatives are too expensive, then I guess I'll have to soldier on.
Currently checking out WIX...
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I'm busy doing research for the stuff to go on the pages in question. An obscure sword dance from the Isle of Man, at present....
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Have you tried Google Sites?
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We'll take a look Google sites. Thanks for the suggestion.
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There's an awful lot of content to add, and I think the layout could be improved (always open to suggestions on how to make something visually attractive), but the menus work better, and the width now adapts much better to different devices.
Just out of curiosity - I notice from your journal that you're either Welsh or learning Welsh. I've got a Czech friend who is learning Welsh. I've not idea if she'd be interested in reading your journal, (because I've no idea what you're writing about!), but would you like me to mention it to her?
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Think simple is often best in terms of readability. It's a nice clear design.
You might like to experiment with the [hr/]*(single line) tag and see if it's useful for marking a change in theme.
Also with paragraph spacing: the content management systems I use at work have paragraph space included in the CSS so that makes it easier to keep the paragraphs spaced evenly. Part of proofing new submissions involves just going through them and deleting [p]& nbsp;[/p]* when I find it. Don't know if the system you're using is set up in the same way or if you need to manually add an extra space.
Just out of curiosity - I notice from your journal that you're either Welsh or learning Welsh. I've got a Czech friend who is learning Welsh. I've not idea if she'd be interested in reading your journal, (because I've no idea what you're writing about!), but would you like me to mention it to her?
Learning Welsh : ) Have been for a number of years. I'm afraid most of the Welsh at the moment is just RL whinging. I'd like to include more interesting material, but that may have to wait for a year or two. Still, you're welcome to mention it to her, thank you for asking. And good luck/pob lwc to her with the language learning.
* Dreamwidth doesn't accept the 'code' tag so it's not letting me just type out the HTML. Have changed < for [ and put an extra space in the non-breaking space code.
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