DIY Websites
My Website Builder comes with thousands of templates to choose from and can be customized with your own images and content, it allows you to create online forms, create, delete and manage pages, create links to other sites and internal links, integrate Paypal and google maps. My Website Builder is free with advanced and premium website hosting plans and we provide you with comprehensive instructions on getting the most out of My Website Builder.
To view all the templates available, please click here. Click TEST DRIVE >SITE WIZARD > START TEST DRIVE . Please note: the test drive is an example of site builder templates and functionality. Contact us by email for a 28 day trial, after you register your domain with us to assess its suitability for your needs.
Although, it is possible to type and click, and publish a site using this online DIY website software, it is the clients that have applied the information provided to them, that have built the most effective websites. Most DIY website providers don't care if your site gets little or no traffic, but as a small business ourselves, we like seeing small businesses succeed. To succeed you need the right tools, and information and the rest is up to you and it is possible to create sites that will rank well on search engines for your chosen keyword phrases. Unlike other DIY websites, our DIY websites will allow you to edit title tags, keywords, page descriptions, insert images and format text within the body of the webpage and create hyperlinks. Formatting text and creating hyperlinks within a webpage is essential, not just for search engines but for usability.
DIY websites are cut down versions of a CMS system. You need to choose a template, customize the template with your own images, text, create the pages you want, add text and images to those additonal pages, and publish your site. All this can be done without any HTML knowledge but you should still plan the link names and pages of your site. The reason why a DIY website is an inexpensive alternative to a full CMS website or custom website design is because you are using an online software to build your site and you are doing all the work yourself. With a custom website, built with or without a cms system, you are not limited by the template design but you need to have graphic work, quality images, layout, colours and database set up specifically for your site. The cost of set up and maintenance of a custom website is considerably more than a DIY website because the site has been specifically designed and developed for your specific requirements.
DIY websites also come with full server allocation, email accounts and all the functionality you expect from a web hosting account. Many DIY websites on the market pack in as many people on the server as possible, often sharing a one database, and as a result page loading is slow and the website becomes more unusable, with larger numbers of website visitors. These DIY websites come with full hosting accounts and ftp access, which can be handy if you also want to upload videos, audio, pdf or WORD files and link to these files from within the website builder.
Your website will always publish under your own domain name on every page. Unlike some other DIY website providers, we do not use subdomains or alternative domains because this is a huge compromise and other providers do it, because it is cheaper but in terms of search engines, if your website does not publish under your own domain name, it is a huge disadvantage. Your site, may simply not be found on the internet. The majority of traffic for any site, large or small comes from search engines, and if you do not consider search engines when building a site, you are wasting your investment.
Why are search engines important?
Search engines are the new yellow pages and the vast majority of traffic to any website comes from search engines. Not all websites are created equal and as a general rule, HTML websites rank better on search engines. Both these DIY websites publish the webpages that you create as HTML pages and therefore, if you take the time to edit your keywords, page descriptions, title tags, url names and content - you can do well on search engines. We will give you detailed instructions on how to edit these attributes for search engine optimisation.
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A DIY website is a great first step in website design and cheaper and quicker than developing a custom website. Passion Computing make sure that you can login, build and publish your website easily. We provide you with all the information you need to publish your own website. Our DIY websites are online applications, and there is no software to download or maintain, and you don't need to know anything about ftp or uploading files. Simply order this free product and we will make sure that you have detailed information to be able to publish an effective website. If you would like to see examples of websties built with My Website Builder or Parallels Site Builder, please email us and let us know.
Advantages of DIY website
If you are looking for a custom website, see custom website plans. DIY website builder is a good first step in website design but it is not the same as a custom built website and should not be used to replace a CMS system or for companies who have very specialized needs. A DIY website is like buying take away food, it's quick and cheap and because many website designers produce similar results to the DIY website templates, in many ways a DIY website can have comparable results. But if you are comparing it with a hand coded website, developed with CSS stylesheets that has been custom built, it is like comparing takeaway food with a top restaurant quality meal.
If you can work within the limitations of a DIY website and choose a template that mostly fits your needs, you can achieve very satisfactory results. However, if your needs are very specific, then you require a custom design either in HTML or utlizing a content management system. Not sure, contact us to discuss your requirements.
Advantages of our DIY websites include
- cost effective solution
- many templates to choose from - especially beneficial if you do not have graphics or logo developed
- update your website at any time by logging in to your online management.
- edit title tags, keywords, file names and page descriptions
- ftp access to html files, so you can upload and link to WORD, pdf files, video and audio files
- add your own images and text.
- Change your content as often as you like
- Change website template as often as you like
- No programming hassles - click and publish
- Full hosting account. You will also get access to your hosting account using ftp or the hosting control panel, which not all DIY website providers offer.
- Free article on search engines so that you will be able to use the information in the article to edit your own url names, keywords, page descriptions and title tags and develop appropriate content for your site.
Disadvantages of a DIY website
You do need to learn how to use it and every computer application has its own quirks. Whether you are using a CMS system or a simple DIY website, you need to invest time to learn how to compress and resize images and how best to present the information on your website. When you pay for a custom website, you are also paying for the developer's skills and experience to design you exactly what you want. Your choice of colour, menus, site structure, etc are not restricted by a DIY website software application.
If you find that you just don't have the time to learn how to crop/compress images properly or you want someone to help you set up scripts (like Paypal cart) to work with your DIY website, you can certainly request a quote.
| Features My Website Builder |
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No need to have your own logo. Upload the logo to be included inside the webpages if required. |
| Graphical menu links |
| Create links to external sites which have blogs, forum, etc. |
| 30 page maximum or 70 pages if you upgrade to ecommerce. |
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Languages supported: English, French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish and German. |
| Separate Application |
| HTML button inside WYWIWYG editor that allows you to edit the HTML code. |
| Ability to customize footer |
| ftp access to hosting account is available |