Advise for website building software

You can try to use xsitepro2. I'm using it and it's very easy to use. A lot of templates, and you don't need much html knowledge, tho you might need some skills, like adding the <h1> tags etc.

Hey Hydroxide, Thanks heaps for your reply. xsitepro2 looks pretty good. May I ask to see a few sites that you've made with it?

Cheers

Hi Kyle

Before I offer advice, I want to say that I'm biased toward Wordpress and the main reason why is it's much more than just good for SEO. It's not only user friendly for non-html/css folk but also there are a ton of themes out there that may possibly fit your needs.

I can build a completely custom site in html/css but I still use Wordpress for getting a site up quickly. I know Wordpress is usually associated with the term "blog" but it's also a CMS (Content Management System) and there are lots of web designers who have switched to offering Wordpress to clients for the relatively short learning curve to control the content of their site.

For example, after doing a VERY quick search, here are a couple of sites that offer Wordpress themes in the real estate niche:

10 WordPress Themes for Real Estate Agents (this site lists a few that you may want to check out)

Real Estate Premium WordPress Theme From Templatic - The best Real Estate theme | Templatic

Now, neither of these 2 may fit the bill, but try typing in something like "real estate wordpress themes" or something in Google to see what you can find.

I've not used xsitepro2 (or any version of xsitepro) and I don't want to knock it as I know a lot of people love it but, based on what it sounds like you're after, Wordpress in my opinion would be better for you...but, again, I'm biased

Dreamweaver is more a tool to help you layout html/css/php coded pages. I used to use it myself (and still own it) but I either use Wordpress or hand code my own sites. So, even though the software is amazing, you do need to check out quite a few tutorials. I think (guessing here) that xsitepro2 is more designed to help you get a site up without having to dig into html...unlike Dreamweaver.

It's like Photoshop, it's a graphic/image editing tool but if you own it and don't know what to do with it, it's like having a Ferrari in your garage cause you don't know how to drive it. Does that make sense? lol

It all depends on how much you want to invest in time/money to learn a software, learn about coding, etc.

From an html point of view, that myusaproperty site is relatively simple, just a bit of html/css and some php to probably process forms. The video looks to be coming from this site - Web Video Productions Melbourne - and is probably just a piece of code you can embed in a site, so probably could work on a Wordpress site.

Wordpress can allow you to add a squeeze page (depending on the theme), add an opt in form, etc. If not out of the box, then through a little bit of customization.

Anyway, not sure if this helps but I'd still give Wordpress a serious look unless you plan to really spend weeks/months learning how to code with software like Dreamweaver.

Good luck either way

Scott

Yep, recommend themeforest too, can't believe I forgot to mention them. Glad RichKent brought it up.

Definitely pop over there to have a look

wow thanks promo_guy thats the best reply i have got to anything on the internet ever You have convinced me to go with wordpress.

Also thank RichKent, really appreciate the tip about themeforest

Promo_guy is correct and says everything I would say (only betr lol) .. except I think you should learn a little bit of coding in HTML in your spare time so you wont be afraid to get in there and tweak that code. You should also be able to crop/scale/brighten photos etc - you can use websites to do this or better still Photoshop (elements or full version), but once you have a theme up and running in Wordpress and your modules /add-ins or whatever, customers will be looking to the content before engaging with the site .. to eventually purchase etc.
If its any help .. I did it the other way round: learnt programming, then HTML, then Wordpress and Joomla. I'm glad I learned all that stuff, but I wish I found Wordpress earlier on! Best of luck

what is the theme of your site? And how are you going to display the content?

It might be a blog and you just don't know it.

However, if you are going to put content on it once and then leave that alone, you don't need anything special other than gedit or notepad++ to get an html syntax highlighting GUI.

There is some good advice above me, but I would like to know your site's product/theme/angle to better understand the issue.

Definately Xsite Pro, or if you want to create a professional looking website for free then I would use http://www.weebly.com

Hey thanks Kyle, glad I could be of some help

As elronzo pointed out, learning a little bit of html/css, maybe even php, would be good over time because there's nothing like the ability to go in and make changes without relying on a designer/developer. There are lots of great free tutorials out there and even I am still learning all the time (despite my 5+ years experience).

It's kind of funny, I went out to learn html before I found Wordpress purely to figure out how to create a site to make money. Didn't even know it was called Internet Marketing lol, just that I wanted to earn money "somehow" online.

Even people versed in code will still buy wordpress/joomla/drupal templates simply because they save time....well, to me they can.

It's always a learning process

Best of luck to you!