Like Legos
This week’s assignments and discussion boards were juicy. We had to determine which site builder and hosting provider were the best fit to the business idea we had in mind. Finally, we’re going to get down to business.
WEBSITE BUILDERS
I didn’t realize there were a lot of site builders on the market that were one-stop-shop things (meaning site builders, web and domain hosting all-in-one) for people who are complete beginners. I’ve always seen them on YouTube ads, but never checked them out until now.
There were Wix, Weebly, Squarespace, GoDaddy as popular all-in-one site builders. Of course, there’s still WordPress, which is obviously industry-standard. It honestly just boils down to what you value the most: ease, customer support, price, etc.
HOSTING PROVIDER
Okay, so. Here’s the part where it’s a little bit confusing. There is a lot of types of web hosting out there. Cloud, shared, VPS, etc. This could also be confused with domain hosting, which is a totally different topic.
Basically, if you went the Wix-Weebly-Squarespace route, when you build your site there, they are also your web-hosting. However, you can have a domain from another hosting provider but point the DNS to whatever site builder you chose, etc. Confused? Yes.
However, there’s WordPress.org, which is self-hosted. Which means, you have to buy your own domain name, and hosting provider. Lots of hosting providers have one-click installation for WordPress, so that’s convenient.
In conclusion, it’s like building a lego castle, and both are your lego pieces. You just have to find which ones actually fit. So the verdict? Green legos.
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