Does anyone use weebly to create websites for clients?

by Denden
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It's not something i'm currently doing but have been considering it as I know how to get around Wordpress...kind of but building a website with one? :rolleyes:

I know Weebly and have enjoyed creating my own websites on that platform although I don't know all that css and html stuff.

So for basic websites, yay or nay?
#clients #create #websites #weebly
  • Profile picture of the author mosthost
    Originally Posted by Denden View Post

    It's not something i'm currently doing but have been considering it as I know how to get around Wordpress...kind of but building a website with one? :rolleyes:

    I know Weebly and have enjoyed creating my own websites on that platform although I don't know all that css and html stuff.

    So for basic websites, yay or nay?
    Yes you can use a website builder in this manner. We have clients who use Web Presence Builder for this purpose. It's easier than Wordpress in many respects, especially for people who don't need blogging features.
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  • Profile picture of the author napoleonfirst
    You can use Fiverr. Many Gigs offer site creation for $5.
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    Will the domain name be: sitename.weebly.com...?

    If so, I'm not a fan of it. I'd rather get a fully unique domain name specific to your client's business.
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    • Profile picture of the author Denden
      Originally Posted by Randall Magwood View Post

      Will the domain name be: sitename.weebly.com...?

      If so, I'm not a fan of it. I'd rather get a fully unique domain name specific to your client's business.
      No, it wouldn't be. It would be www.sitename.com. They wouldn't even know weebly had been used to build it, unless they happen to ask.
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    • Profile picture of the author Ewan Lumsden
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      Originally Posted by Randall Magwood View Post

      Will the domain name be: sitename.weebly.com...?

      If so, I'm not a fan of it. I'd rather get a fully unique domain name specific to your client's business.
      I agree here. It's sort of off putting when you see domains that are hosted under other companies. It doesn't look professional and it really makes a difference to spend that $10 or less on a domain name. You could even be missing out on customers if you don't.

      That's one of the major things I dislike about website creators like Weebly or Webs. If your using them, buy your own domain for it.
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      • Profile picture of the author Denden
        Originally Posted by Ewan Lumsden View Post

        I agree here. It's sort of off putting when you see domains that are hosted under other companies. It doesn't look professional and it really makes a difference to spend that $10 or less on a domain name. You could even be missing out on customers if you don't.

        That's one of the major things I dislike about website creators like Weebly or Webs. If your using them, buy your own domain for it.
        I think you missed my other post

        Originally Posted by Denden View Post

        No, it wouldn't be. It would be www.sitename.com. They wouldn't even know weebly had been used to build it, unless they happen to ask.
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    • Profile picture of the author GlennLeese
      Originally Posted by Randall Magwood View Post

      Will the domain name be: sitename.weebly.com...?

      If so, I'm not a fan of it. I'd rather get a fully unique domain name specific to your client's business.
      Of course you have your own domain. It's not a fault in Weebly just an option. Its one of the first things they suggest.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jeff Hope
    You can map your own domain.com to Weebly easily, even with the free account.
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    • Profile picture of the author Denden
      Originally Posted by Jeff Hope View Post

      You can map your own domain.com to Weebly easily, even with the free account.
      Exactly. Forward the domain to sitename.weebly.com or point it to their ip address (which is what I prefer to do).
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  • Profile picture of the author Anoosh Kashefi
    Wonder how good those fiverr websites would turn out.. That's awesome though. Thanks for the info.
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  • Profile picture of the author Denden
    Originally Posted by STaylor View Post

    Weebly, while convenient as a site builder, still looks the same as yoursite.google.com or yoursite.othersite.com at the end of the day and seriously lacks credibility. It screams newbie.

    Just fyi
    It would be sitename.com so no-one would know any different and I doubt visitors to there website would be interested in what platform they've used. As long as they get the information they need, that's all that would probably matter.
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    check out my signature
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      • Profile picture of the author robsterhews
        Weebly rocks. I use it and have a pretty big website there (check it out here). In the past, I used to think I needed to convert to Wordpress - because of all the plugins offered for WP on WF.

        To be honest, I am glad I stuck with Weebly. If I was a WP user, I might spend all my cash on the latest and greatest plugins.

        Sure, WP is great, I use it for other things.

        You should do a Google search for "Weebly templates" and will see there are topnotch templates for a few bucks.
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        • Profile picture of the author Denden
          Originally Posted by robsterhews View Post

          Weebly rocks. I use it and have a pretty big website there (check it out here). In the past, I used to think I needed to convert to Wordpress - because of all the plugins offered for WP on WF.

          To be honest, I am glad I stuck with Weebly. If I was a WP user, I might spend all my cash on the latest and greatest plugins.

          Sure, WP is great, I use it for other things.

          You should do a Google search for "Weebly templates" and will see there are topnotch templates for a few bucks.
          How do you find their 'up time'?

          Admittedly, I sometimes get annoyed with all the plugins I have to add on WordPress just to get something to work!

          You're family is gorgeous by the way
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  • Profile picture of the author Denden
    Originally Posted by BobTolbert View Post

    The domain is not the problem you always use a A record to solve the problem.

    I would not use a service to host clients websites.
    Would be interested to hear *why* you wouldn't use them
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  • Profile picture of the author goldenweb
    Hello Denden, if I was you I would stick with Wordpress as you can create much better websites compared to using Weebly. Your clients I’m sure will be much happier too with the much more superior results.


    Thank you

    Keith
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    • Profile picture of the author Denden
      Originally Posted by goldenweb View Post

      Hello Denden, if I was you I would stick with Wordpress as you can create much better websites compared to using Weebly. Your clients I’m sure will be much happier too with the much more superior results.


      Thank you

      Keith
      If I were to use Wordpress, it wouldn't be me creating the websites, that's for sure. I can use it for myself but that's about it, anything else and i'd mess up big time!
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  • Profile picture of the author jfambrini
    A microsite is fine with Weebly but once you start creating complex sites with a lot of html than Weebly is not for you. For a few pages with a graphic or two it is fine. If you want a free site then you need to include Weebly in domain name but you can you have your custom domain in Weebly for a reasonable fee.
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    • Profile picture of the author Denden
      Originally Posted by jfambrini View Post

      A microsite is fine with Weebly but once you start creating complex sites with a lot of html than Weebly is not for you. For a few pages with a graphic or two it is fine. If you want a free site then you need to include Weebly in domain name but you can you have your custom domain in Weebly for a reasonable fee.
      That's what I meant; just a basic website with a few pages, nothing fancy.
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  • Profile picture of the author taniqueko
    weebly is a great place to start and even test the markets. But once you are really serious it's better to host on your own platform. When you're hosting your site on cms's like Weebly, Blogger, Wix, webstarts, etc... You're putting your content in their hands. And if they decide to go out of business or take your site down for any reason, Transferring your content or even getting it back can be a pain.
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  • Profile picture of the author williamk
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    My neighbour did use it for a few local clients but I normally use wordpress or Drupal for my sites.
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    • Profile picture of the author Denden
      Originally Posted by williamk View Post

      My neighbour did use it for a few local clients but I normally use wordpress or Drupal for my sites.
      What on earth is Drupal?! Think i'll go and look it up...
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  • Profile picture of the author TheGraphicsGuy
    I'd rather design a layout in Photoshop (yes, from scratch) and code it down to a wordpress theme. You cannot get anymore dominance than that.
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    • Profile picture of the author BloggingPro
      Originally Posted by TheGraphicsGuy View Post

      I'd rather design a layout in Photoshop (yes, from scratch) and code it down to a wordpress theme. You cannot get anymore dominance than that.
      Domination station!
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    • Profile picture of the author Gail_Curran
      I actually prefer Yola for "free" sites - I find it easier to work with and the company is small-business friendly. You can point your own domain to a Yola site, just as you would do with a Weebly site.

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      • Profile picture of the author Denden
        Originally Posted by Gail_Curran View Post

        I actually prefer Yola for "free" sites - I find it easier to work with and the company is small-business friendly. You can point your own domain to a Yola site, just as you would do with a Weebly site.

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        I used them a few years back. Prefer Weebly though although they've probably made some changes by now
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    • Profile picture of the author Denden
      Originally Posted by TheGraphicsGuy View Post

      I'd rather design a layout in Photoshop (yes, from scratch) and code it down to a wordpress theme. You cannot get anymore dominance than that.
      Good grief, that's some serious stuff! I've never touched Photoshop. Not sure I ever will...
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  • Profile picture of the author BloggingPro
    No I don't use weebly to host sites. Rather I setup a shared hosting account, or even a dedicated hosting account when absolutely needed (like an ecommerce site).

    I wouldn't say I design sites, as I use templates, thus I just build them for clients, but a domain name is part of the package, so that eliminates utilizing weebly's services.
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  • Profile picture of the author MarkBradley
    I use weebly designer platform for entry level clients. if all they want is a quick basic site they can make edits and play around with. Then upsell to more advanced wordpress themes.
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    • Profile picture of the author Denden
      Originally Posted by MarkBradley View Post

      Then upsell to more advanced wordpress themes.
      And then you take over monthly maintenence?
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  • Profile picture of the author nasuryono
    No, I don't use Weebly to create sites for clients.

    You might be able to get away with this if your client is *REALLY* not into the online world (a polite way to say they're stupid).

    Even if they are not into the online world, it will be a matter of time before they found out how easy it is to create a site with Weebly.

    I'd suggest investing your time to learn about Wordpress, CSS and HTML as you can get a lot more out of studying those.
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