Easy Ways to Build a Website
Over the past few years, we have witnessed a proliferation of website builders. Now, the web is suffused with innumerable content management systems that assist anyone – from amateur to pro – in creating and publishing their own websites. But how do you know you’re making a good choice? I’ve singled out four of the most commendable online services that are bound to provide you with the right tools for crafting your own website/blog.
IM Creator – Easy for Everyone
IM Creator is on the forefront of my list because it’s such a complete and simple service. This tool will help you piece together a wonderful site in no time. All you need to do is go through the diverse categories of layouts that have already been employed by other users with phenomenal success, and customize it according to your own vision: manage pages, drag-and-drop elements like widgets, videos, or pictures, add favicons and text. If you publish as sub-domain, it won’t cost a single dime, and the site goes live immediately. Moreover, you can choose to get web hosting on kick-ass Amazon servers.
BlogSpot – Easy for the Average Blogger (I)
Google-spawned BlogSpot is a great option if you’re thinking of starting out a blog. My first observation is that the charming interface makes for a very smooth welcome. Once you move past this first positive impact, there’s a second one waiting: you need only choose from a selection of templates and give it a personal shape, as is the case of IM Creator, and you’re all set. After you’re done editing your future blog, you can host it there at no charge, and then start posting text, images, and videos.
WordPress – Easy for the Savvy
Everyone knows about WordPress and how it never ceased to be the most in-demand CMS on the web ever since it was first launched, back in 2003. This service mostly caters to developers and other creative professionals who are bent on setting up a site using elite tools. Needless to say, it’s ideal for blogs. What is more, the WordPress blogging system enables users to incorporate a wide variety of plugins, and add widgets.
Tumblr – Easy for the Average Blogger (II)
Tumblr is slowly working its way to the top, by offering one of the most elegant solutions on the market for blogging aficionados. With this tool, users don’t have to go through much trouble to regularly update their blogs, and they are at liberty to post whatever they need to – be it text, pictures, or videos. Up to this point, well over 166 million blogs are altogether Tumblr’s doing, and the community just keeps on getting larger by the minute.
