Thu 6 Aug 2009
Need to quickly create a website? Weebly is a free service which allows you to quickly and easily put together a website without any technical skills. It uses a simple drag and drop interface to create your site, and offers over 65 professional website themes for you to choose from.
How does it work?
- You sign up for free on the Weebly home page.
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Weebly will then ask you to come up with a title for your site and offers you one of three options for coming up with a domain name. You can:
- Use a free Sub domain of Weebly e.g. www.johnsmith.weebly.com
- Register a new domain name
- Use a domain name you already own
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Now you will be able to create your site using the Weebly editor. The Weebly editor has four tabs Elements, Designs, Pages, and Settings.
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Elements - Under this tab you will find different website element like paragraphs, pictures, videos, and contact forms. When you find the element you want all you need to do is drag and drop it on to the place on the page you want it to appear.
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Designs – Under this tab you can choose from one of over 65 professional themes to apply to your website.
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Pages - Under this tab you can create and manage the pages of your site.
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Settings - under this tab you can do things like change the title of your site, enter a site description and keywords, and add Google analytics code to your site.
What else is great about Weebly?
- The drag and drop interface makes it incredibly easy to use.
- There are over 25 different website elements for you to chose from including a custom Html element if you want to add custom code.
- The themes are completely customisable
- If you would like a copy of your site you can download it as a .zip file
- You can even add a blog for your website using the Weebly editor.
As well as the great free version, Weebly also offers a pro account with additional features like premium support and up to 100MB of file uploads. To find out more about Weebly click here.
To view a youtube video demonstration of Weebly click here.