Webs vs Wix

I agree with Jeff Sommers on this one. I think WordPress is the way to go.

So is mine. And you can do that at Wix. It's "your own hosting" and "your own domain" just as much as using Namecheap/Hostgator, or whatever. It's a hosting company, hello ...

What do you mean by "someone else's property"? You and I both have sites hosted at Hostgator, but neither of us owns Hostgator.

You're looking at Wix as being "like using Blogger", Johnny, aren't you? I don't think it is, at all: I look at it as an alternative to Hostgator, not as an alternative to Blogger.

Wix is just a hosting company (and a good, longstanding and very reliable one) that happens to have a built-in site-builder provided (a choice of two of them, in fact). Their terms of service (unlike those of Blogger, wordpress.com and all the other places I think you're thinking of) aren't significantly different from those of any other hosting company. You own your own site at Wix just as much as you do at Hostgator. The difference is just in the site-builders provided. (Clearly one should register one's own domain-name, of course, and redirect the DNS there, just as one does for a site hosted anywhere else.)

I think you're looking at Wix as "not safe: you don't own your own site there" just because Wix will allow people one free site and/or because they'll give you a free subdomain if you want one, just like Byethost and Freehostia and other hosts do? I think whether or not a host is "safe" and "you own your own site there" depends on their terms of service. "Just saying".

Clearly one needs to register a domain somewhere other than with the hosting company one's using.

This is personal taste and preference. I have sites at Hostgator, but have very successfully used Wix, too, and I recommend it. They're both very good hosts.

Clearly, if hosting at Hostgator, one shouldn't register the domain-name there as well.

But not safely or securely, if you do it that way. That's the least secure way of installing a WordPress blog, Nigel. If you're going to install it that way, you'd actually be much safer and less open to hackers at Wix!

hi there

I dont know why so many weebly and Wix threads coming up. haha
Weebly actually, until i mentioned Wix in the other thread, suddenly this one popped out.

I use Wix and they are great..

If i want to maintain the site myself, i will host it there.
Cos i know nuts about html and coding and stuff.

But i haev to confess that if i want it in WP, i will still use Wix or weebly to design the layout then get my developer to do it similarly in WP.

Hi john, i do understand the problems with 3rd party service.
The more you use, the more layers of "risk" you take because you are not in control.
I am on this with you.

But to be fair to Alexa, lets compare apple with apple, same level comparison that is.
When thinking about hosting or domain registra, everyone gotta buy it from someone/somewhere, a 3rd party.
So doing in on WP then hosting it on hostgator is a 3rd party.
Doing your web on weebly / Wix then hosting it with them is also a 3rd party.

Both are hosting companies just that they have different marketing angle.
Wix offers easy site builders. WP is more technical if you want a nice looking site.


Now this issue lies with people and not the 3rd party.

With Wix and Weebly you can back up your files and upload with another in just as quick as you would else where.

And the same can be said to someone who is using hostgator but didnt back up his files.


Just my opinion on this matter. =)

I've used both wordpress and weebly and I do think people get a little dewy eyed when it comes to wordpress.

It's much harder to use than Weebly

It's famed for it's flexibility but most people never really need that functionallity. (95% of wordpress sites would get by just fine on Weebly)

Many wordpress sites are agonisingly slow to load

It's security is fundamentally flawed. For example, how hard would it be for Wordpress.org to limit the number of login attempts maybe send an alert to the admin email account after the billionth login attempt:rolleyes:

Everyone says that it's free. But when I look at my wordpress hosting fee vs the cost of using the weebly site builder(which includes hosting). They are almost the same price.

So why do I use Wordpress? Well mainly because I like the look of the themes better it's just so much easier for me to make a custom site that doesn't betray my design ineptitude


Cheers Don