Best CMS for first startup biz site? Concrete5 or WordPress or Weebly?
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Has anyone out there built websites from scratch using Concrete5 and WordPress or Weebly?
I am trying to build a website from scratch for my own startup business that sells online/digital products and services. I am strong at MS-Word and Excel, good at PowerPoint ... but have never learned PhotoShop nor Adobe Illustrator nor any coding or programming or development. I have content drafted and a vision for graphics and functionality desired.
I dislike the over-charge per month and limitations to form and function of the advertised "all-in-one" closed-CMS's like SquareSpace, Wix, etc. But I also fear the complexity of learning a CMS and many say that WordPress has lots of bad plug-in's, is hard for novices, etc.
Anyone have a comparative view ... to help me pick the right one? Preferably if you are a non-coder, too. Although it seems that Concrete5 is mostly used by webmasters and coders?
I tried NameCheap's built-in WebsiteBuilder and had to stop because half the functions were not explained and they only support their hosting tech, not their site builder program.
Thanks so much for any input or insights you can share.
I am trying to build a website from scratch for my own startup business that sells online/digital products and services. I am strong at MS-Word and Excel, good at PowerPoint ... but have never learned PhotoShop nor Adobe Illustrator nor any coding or programming or development. I have content drafted and a vision for graphics and functionality desired.
I dislike the over-charge per month and limitations to form and function of the advertised "all-in-one" closed-CMS's like SquareSpace, Wix, etc. But I also fear the complexity of learning a CMS and many say that WordPress has lots of bad plug-in's, is hard for novices, etc.
Anyone have a comparative view ... to help me pick the right one? Preferably if you are a non-coder, too. Although it seems that Concrete5 is mostly used by webmasters and coders?
I tried NameCheap's built-in WebsiteBuilder and had to stop because half the functions were not explained and they only support their hosting tech, not their site builder program.
Thanks so much for any input or insights you can share.
Thanks Cahueya for these tips.
@Cahueya - hope you don't mind a related question ... you mentioned that my theme should be Bootstrap-based. While all of the themes I am considering are based on Bootstrap, is it EZ to tell me what that means and why it is important?
Thanks again.
Thanks again.
Sure.
CommunityStore has a Bootstrap base, so the Cart and everything automatically looks good. If you chose a Foundation CSS-based theme (like Fundamental which I love much), you would need to change some code to make everything look consistently.
Not a big or complicated thing, but another step before you can go.
CommunityStore has a Bootstrap base, so the Cart and everything automatically looks good. If you chose a Foundation CSS-based theme (like Fundamental which I love much), you would need to change some code to make everything look consistently.
Not a big or complicated thing, but another step before you can go.
Makes sense. I'm hoping to initially transact using Gumroad. They have a Buy Now function that can emed into web pages. They say I just have to copy/paste their JS code into the HTML editor of my site.
But if that does not work for my site as well as Gumroad boasts that it can, at least I know I can try the Community Store without the code change you mention - since I hope to build my site using the Bootstrap based Palette theme.
I'm a little hesitant to try the Community Store cart first as it hints that it's more for intermediates versus beginners. and this will be my first site-build.
Thanks again for your helpful answers.
But if that does not work for my site as well as Gumroad boasts that it can, at least I know I can try the Community Store without the code change you mention - since I hope to build my site using the Bootstrap based Palette theme.
I'm a little hesitant to try the Community Store cart first as it hints that it's more for intermediates versus beginners. and this will be my first site-build.
Thanks again for your helpful answers.
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Pick a bootstrap-based theme from the marketplace and everything should be possible without touching any actual code.
If you wish to play with concrete5 for "free" you can run it locally by using MAMP (for Mac) or WAMP (on Windows) on your computer. There you could build the whole site without having to pay for webspace until you've really decided on what and how to use.