best website builders?

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hi everyone,
I recently bought a couple of good quality domains in areas in which I am very knowledgeable. The only problem is that I don;t know how to write code. Also, I don't have the budget to hire a web developer.

One site I am going to make into a public forum. The other will be a blog-type site.

I know there are a ton of web-building programs out there.. Suggestions anyone?
#builders #website
  • Profile picture of the author Bock
    I would definitely recommend you to use wordpress.It's easy to use and manage it.

    You can find some free themes here
    WordPress › Free WordPress Themes

    and premium themes right here
    http://www.woothemes.com/
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  • Profile picture of the author Vendzilla
    Public forums are easy, just follow the instructions, I've built several, PHPBB is probably the easiest.

    Blog type, just use word press, then find a free design, all the instructions are out there
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  • Profile picture of the author elexmedia
    The best website builders is Wordpress.

    There's a lot of Plugins and Themes for Wordpress that makes Wordpress site is easy to tweak without need to do coding at all. Wordpress is very user-friendly for non-programmer web masters.

    With Wordpress, you can make blog, forum website, and even groupon-like website. It's very powerful.

    Here's Wordpress Plugins for making Forum Websites:
    1. http://bbpress.org/
    2. http://simple-press.com/
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  • Profile picture of the author puoseo
    wordpress is very user friendly website you just have to follow the instructions.
    there are a lot of templates from which you can choose the best suitable for your website.

    if somewhere it needs code then all the codes are available the needed thing is only is you have to find out. and you can paste the code.
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  • Profile picture of the author Nicole K
    The best is indeed Wordpress which is also free with several options for plugins. You can also take a look at paid ones like Site Build It and Artisteer which are also very popular.
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  • Profile picture of the author rontheitguy
    I'm with everyone else here...Wordpress all the way! Like anything, it's got it's own learning curve but it's the easiest platform out there IMH. And don't confuse easy with limited as it's a pretty robust platform!
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    "Do, or do not. There is no try."
    The Wisdom of Yoda
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  • Profile picture of the author carl preza
    Wordpress is free and google friendly. Tons of plugins that you can use for free. If you don't know how to use it just go YouTube and there tons of tutorials available. Good luck
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    • Profile picture of the author matt78
      Yeah..I'm with the others. You can't go wrong with wordpress. It's the best and easiest blogging platform out there.
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