Has anyone used Wix to make a website? I’m thinking of creating an author website but have zero experience in making them so if possible I’d love to use something idiot proof and hear Wix is good for that.
@danwritesbooks@Seagoon_
I started out with dokuwiki but it unexpectedly stopped working. I caved and used the default wordpress. Wordpress isn’t actually popular, it’s just the default provided by most ISP.
I use Wordpress and it’s not that user friendly, but is achievable if you are willing to fiddle around with things. Different templates have different options, I spent a fair bit of time at the start just doing a rough sample and changing around various settings to figure out what they did. The biggest issues I had was using too many higher resolution photos at the start which slowed down loading times a lot, and at one point an upgrade broke a few things so I had to go through and re-link photos and I lost the side bar and shortcuts (which one day I will probably get around to recreating).
I’ve been using Wordpress lately and there’s been a decent learning curve with that. I’ve persevered but it’s far from idiot proof. Have a look at Squarespace, that was the other option I was considering and is more beginner friendly. I think Wix is seen as cheap/tacky.
I had a client engage a web developer who in-turn used Wix to create a basic site. It was a pretty negative experience for us, but it was cheap to host. We had issues splitting off a dev/staging site in particular. It’s been about 6 years, my memory is foggy and the product may have improved.
Wix might be ok for a sole trader and a quiet website though. I wouldn’t recommend it for any business that wanted to regularly maintain/update their site.
Has anyone used Wix to make a website? I’m thinking of creating an author website but have zero experience in making them so if possible I’d love to use something idiot proof and hear Wix is good for that.
@danwritesbooks @Seagoon_
I started out with dokuwiki but it unexpectedly stopped working. I caved and used the default wordpress. Wordpress isn’t actually popular, it’s just the default provided by most ISP.
I have used Wordpress before and might have to bite the bullet. Wix is a bit too expensive for me.
I use Wordpress and it’s not that user friendly, but is achievable if you are willing to fiddle around with things. Different templates have different options, I spent a fair bit of time at the start just doing a rough sample and changing around various settings to figure out what they did. The biggest issues I had was using too many higher resolution photos at the start which slowed down loading times a lot, and at one point an upgrade broke a few things so I had to go through and re-link photos and I lost the side bar and shortcuts (which one day I will probably get around to recreating).
I’ve been using Wordpress lately and there’s been a decent learning curve with that. I’ve persevered but it’s far from idiot proof. Have a look at Squarespace, that was the other option I was considering and is more beginner friendly. I think Wix is seen as cheap/tacky.
I had a client engage a web developer who in-turn used Wix to create a basic site. It was a pretty negative experience for us, but it was cheap to host. We had issues splitting off a dev/staging site in particular. It’s been about 6 years, my memory is foggy and the product may have improved.
Wix might be ok for a sole trader and a quiet website though. I wouldn’t recommend it for any business that wanted to regularly maintain/update their site.