Hello, dear reader, this is Brian. I wanted to start this blog post by saying I am in no way being paid to advertise Weebly, or any of the other sites I talk about in this post, at this point in time. When I first started playing with websites I tried a few free trials. The three top website builders that I found were Weebly, Wix, and WordPress.
My first experience posting articles online was with WordPress. I wrote articles for the Rocky Mountain Collegian at Colorado State University using it. A few years later I tried Weebly for free. Shortly afterward I found Wix, and I didn’t put as much effort into it because it seemed very similar to Weebly. I’ll be honest that one of the main reasons I chose Weebly over other website builders was their affordable Pro plan, What really sold me was the amazing customer service. The depth of their toolkit was less of a concern than those two components. I’m still very new to web design, and I learn a little more to tweak the site all the time. One way I learn is by calling Weebly’s customer service, waiting maybe a minute, and then speaking with a representative. Weebly now has a forum for website owners to talk and discuss various subjects that can be found here: https://hc.weebly.com/hc/en-us. It’s called the Weebly Community. You can also find it by going to your Weebly account page, clicking your name, and one of the options will be listed as “Support”. Weebly keeps doing more for their customers all the time.
Before I was even a customer I received a lot of help determining what kind of plan I should get, and what was the best deal for me, from Josh. He spoke very good English and was easy to understand. He didn’t push for any one plan over another. He was honestly trying to help me. Because of this amazing attitude, he netted them a new customer.
Now it’s time to explore the cons of Weebly. It is still a new platform and lacks some of the cooler customization features that WordPress has. My current research has suggested that no WordPress plug-ins will work with Weebly. So I can’t get an already made easy comic archiving system for my website. There are also fewer developers and coders working on Weebly than on WordPress. A few of the sites I found to help with that are http://freewidgets4u.weebly.com/, and https://justforwebsites.com/weebly-widgets-weebly-plugins/ (this one also includes a description of what website widgets and plug-ins do).
All the boring stuff boring stuff is over now. Here are some of the hard facts that I’ve learned over time. If you want a free website for blogging, WordPress gives you the most storage space for free. Note that where you apply for a WordPress blog is important. Here’s an article I found about the differences between “WordPress.com” and “WordPress.org”: http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/self-hosted-wordpress-org-vs-free-wordpress-com-infograph/. WordPress offers 3 GB of storage when I checked today. Wix and Weebly both give you 500 MB of storage with a free site (once again that was today). Weebly gives you unlimited pages for your site with its free plan. I can’t find anything giving a page limit on Wix so maybe it’s unlimited too. Wix is the most artistic with its themes and presentations.
In summary Weebly and Wix are great if you want the easiest builders for a website or blog. WordPress is much better if you want to customize your website and have an easier time organizing and archiving posts.
For more information on the Wix free plan you can go to:
https://www.wix.com/support/html5/article/using-wix-for-free
For more information on WordPress in a nice graphic you can go to:
http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/self-hosted-wordpress-org-vs-free-wordpress-com-infograph/?display=wide
My first experience posting articles online was with WordPress. I wrote articles for the Rocky Mountain Collegian at Colorado State University using it. A few years later I tried Weebly for free. Shortly afterward I found Wix, and I didn’t put as much effort into it because it seemed very similar to Weebly. I’ll be honest that one of the main reasons I chose Weebly over other website builders was their affordable Pro plan, What really sold me was the amazing customer service. The depth of their toolkit was less of a concern than those two components. I’m still very new to web design, and I learn a little more to tweak the site all the time. One way I learn is by calling Weebly’s customer service, waiting maybe a minute, and then speaking with a representative. Weebly now has a forum for website owners to talk and discuss various subjects that can be found here: https://hc.weebly.com/hc/en-us. It’s called the Weebly Community. You can also find it by going to your Weebly account page, clicking your name, and one of the options will be listed as “Support”. Weebly keeps doing more for their customers all the time.
Before I was even a customer I received a lot of help determining what kind of plan I should get, and what was the best deal for me, from Josh. He spoke very good English and was easy to understand. He didn’t push for any one plan over another. He was honestly trying to help me. Because of this amazing attitude, he netted them a new customer.
Now it’s time to explore the cons of Weebly. It is still a new platform and lacks some of the cooler customization features that WordPress has. My current research has suggested that no WordPress plug-ins will work with Weebly. So I can’t get an already made easy comic archiving system for my website. There are also fewer developers and coders working on Weebly than on WordPress. A few of the sites I found to help with that are http://freewidgets4u.weebly.com/, and https://justforwebsites.com/weebly-widgets-weebly-plugins/ (this one also includes a description of what website widgets and plug-ins do).
All the boring stuff boring stuff is over now. Here are some of the hard facts that I’ve learned over time. If you want a free website for blogging, WordPress gives you the most storage space for free. Note that where you apply for a WordPress blog is important. Here’s an article I found about the differences between “WordPress.com” and “WordPress.org”: http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/self-hosted-wordpress-org-vs-free-wordpress-com-infograph/. WordPress offers 3 GB of storage when I checked today. Wix and Weebly both give you 500 MB of storage with a free site (once again that was today). Weebly gives you unlimited pages for your site with its free plan. I can’t find anything giving a page limit on Wix so maybe it’s unlimited too. Wix is the most artistic with its themes and presentations.
In summary Weebly and Wix are great if you want the easiest builders for a website or blog. WordPress is much better if you want to customize your website and have an easier time organizing and archiving posts.
For more information on the Wix free plan you can go to:
https://www.wix.com/support/html5/article/using-wix-for-free
For more information on WordPress in a nice graphic you can go to:
http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/self-hosted-wordpress-org-vs-free-wordpress-com-infograph/?display=wide