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2. You may be required to boldly display the template owner's logo on every page of your site. This tells the whole world that your site is built on someone else's "charity". There goes your credibility.
3. Future expandability issues: you may not
be able to expand and/or improve your site in future when you need to, which hopefully you will.
4. Inflexible: Not easy, if at all possible, to customize
5. From my personal experience two words: Not good.
Option #3: Affiliate Website
These usuall.come with affiliate promotional packages. MLM and brochure sites also fall in this category.
Advantages:
1. Usually, but not always, free.
2. Ready website with sales letter and/or content
3. May be hosted free o.company's servers
4. Professionally designed in most cases
Disadvantages:
1. You have no control over content or design and you cannot change it.
2. If any room is left for your own content it's usually very limited
3. Your website looks exactly like thousands of others all over the web.
Option #4: WYSIWYG html Editor
WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) html editor is software that allows you to see your website as you build it: sort of like a word processor with more features.
Advantages:
1. Simplicity and speed: With a good website builder, you can build a website in a few hours.
2. You don't need to learn html.
3. Some WYSIWYG html editors allow choice of building your site from scratch. This not only gives your website a unique look, but you a sense of accomplishment as well.
4. You can expand, improve and edit your website as you go along and as necessary.
5. Future expandability not an issue unless your site out-grows the WYSIWYG (in that case, congratulations!)
Disadvantages:
1. With some WYSIWYG editors, pages and buttons may not be customizable.
2. May only work best with the particular software maker's hosting.
3. They can be prone to errors.
4. There's a learning curve, usually longer with increased features.
5. Some WYSIWYG editors are plain frustrating, even agonizing, to work with.
So, what is the best option for building your website when on a budget and short on time?
To create a website without spending a lot of money and time, a WYSIWYG editor would be the best option. But, pick the wrong one and you're in for tears. Solution?
Go with the three Ts: tested, tried and true. The following two WYSIWYG editors have consistently given users excellent results, without costing an arm and a leg.
1. 123 WYSIWYG
2. SiteBuildIt!
Created by leading internet marketers who know first-hand the frustrations of building a professional website, the above website builders are top choices. With either one, you can get your website up and running in a very short time, with great results.
Both the above website builders have free trials, so why not try one today?
About the author: David Kamau, webmaster of
mercantilecentral.com, has built several websites using WYSIWYG website builders, some with good and others with not so good results. For more information about various WYSIWYG editors plus their upsides and downsides go to:
mercantilecentral.com/websitebuilders.htm "
