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Nobody Talks About Webstarts

by Abiel Jiqna
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Im Thinking of creating websites for offline clients with webstarts but in the IM world nobody is talking about them.

People talk about Joomla, Weebly etc

But i like webstarts more

Is there a reason, are there any downfalls with webstarts??
#talks #webstarts
  • Profile picture of the author Kristy Taylor
    Probably because Java is more difficult to learn than HTML and PHP, and why bother when there's WordPress. Most business owners who know nothing about web building want something easy, not complicated.

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  • Profile picture of the author WillR
    If you like it then keep using it.
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    • Profile picture of the author Abiel Jiqna
      Originally Posted by Kristy Taylor View Post

      Probably because Java is more difficult to learn than HTML and PHP, and why bother when there's WordPress. Most business owners who know nothing about web building want something easy, not complicated.
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      I tought people hated HTML.

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      Originally Posted by WillR View Post

      If you like it then keep using it.
      Well im planning of building alot of websites so i dont know if i must used them i built a free one with them and i liked it very much very easy to use.

      But i find it strange nobody is mentionen them.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kristy Taylor
    Sorry, I thought you were referring to the Java application, but you must be talking about something else. Do you have a link?

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  • Profile picture of the author cashcow
    That's a good question. I've never heard of them but I just checked out the site and it looks pretty cool.

    Is it easy to add content to the sites?

    Perhaps one main reason no one talks about it is that everyone here seems to be pretty keen on wordpress and wordpress has all those nifty plugins and easy to use CMS.

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    • Profile picture of the author Abiel Jiqna
      Originally Posted by cashcow View Post

      That's a good question. I've never heard of them but I just checked out the site and it looks pretty cool.

      Is it easy to add content to the sites?

      Perhaps one main reason no one talks about it is that everyone here seems to be pretty keen on wordpress and wordpress has all those nifty plugins and easy to use CMS.

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      Yeah it was very easy.
      And yes i know people like wordpress but they like sites like weebly and joomla to but for me its seems that webstarts is much easier to use and today was the first time i used it.

      And believe me i aint good at building websites at all.
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  • Profile picture of the author aaron_nimocks
    Never heard of them.

    But just watched their video and it looks cool and cheap. Except they need to update their video and replace MSN with Bing.

    Its hard to tell though without using it. Does it work like on the video? Does it produce crappy code? Is it hard to use?

    But if you do get offline clients that you use this for and it is harder to use than WP then you are creating more job security for yourself since you are harder to replace to run their site.
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    • Profile picture of the author Abiel Jiqna
      I think its much easier to use no C-panel noting just choose a template add content or pictures change tabs is very easy.
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    • Profile picture of the author Myles Sinclair
      Originally Posted by aaron_nimocks View Post

      ".......Its hard to tell though without using it. Does it work like on the video? Does it produce crappy code? Is it hard to use?"
      Looking at some of the example sites, there may be a problem with the code it produces. None of the sites I looked at passed validation.
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  • Profile picture of the author TelZilla
    For fast and easy websites where a database isn't needed, say 5-50 pages, I like Get-Simple or gpEasy.
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