Re: Question About Building Websites

**D* G* <g*@gmail.com>**

Lorraine

"I'm looking at the easiest and cheapest way to create a website which
would also allow for ecommerce at some future time. The two I have come
down to are Wordpress and Weebly"

I have no experience with Weebly so take this with a grain of salt.

What you want depends on where you want to go.  You said "ecommerce" - does
that mean using  Amazon links or selling your own e-products through
e-junkie or hard goods through something like Clickbank?  In that case,
either would be fine as all you need is the capacity to link out.  If
you're talking about hosting your own catalog, then neither is going to do
the job.

Both allow you to point your own URL at them so the content appears to be
"from you" and not from them.  Weebly is going to cost you something unless
you want to run their link on your footer.  Don't know what Wordpress does
(assuming you're looking at the hosted WP and not a host-yourself WP)

Hosting yourself isn't a problem (Katie Elzer Peters sets folks up with
these I understand) and the functionality can be extended as far as you
want because you own the URL and hosting account.

Easy and cheap aren't therefore the best when it comes to functionality.
It simply depends on how you see your future needs.

My .02 is if you just want to blog or write, then pick whatever you're most
comfortable with.  Simply understand that whatever you do is "your brand"
and marketing yourself so the look has to be professional.

Doug

On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Lorraine Ballato <ladygardener@msn.com>wrote:

> Hi, Everyone!
>
> The list has been especially quiet these past few weeks. Hope it's because
> everyone has been busy speaking and writing up a storm, making oodles of
> money!
>
> I'm looking at the easiest and cheapest way to create a website which
> would also allow for ecommerce at some future time. The two I have come
> down to are Wordpress and Weebly. Remember, please that I consider myself
> technically limited.
>
>
>
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