We have many choices in today’s world of publishing platforms. Most platforms attempt to offer a wide variety of publishing features to meet...
We have many choices in today’s world of publishing platforms. Most platforms attempt to offer a wide variety of publishing features to meet many needs including websites, blogging, and eCommerce.
WordPress is a popular choice for all three of these needs. But another choice is Weebly.
Let’s take a look at what’s involved in getting both platforms off the ground, turn them into a blog, a website, and add eCommerce. We’ll discover their basic features as well as pros and cons along the way.
Plugins add functionality to your WordPress site. There are over 34,000 plugins in the WordPress plugin directory. They add features such as calendars, project management tools, stats, newsletter, shopping carts, lightboxes, forums, etc. They add functionality to your site.
Blog and Website
WordPress has a powerful set of features for developing your blog. You can write without distractions, save and preview drafts, add SEO, retrieve older versions of a post, choose categories and tags, and much more. It auto-saves as you go so you won’t lose anything you write. To create a website, even one with a blog, set the home page to a static front page instead of the latest blog posts.
Weebly is a publishing platform with a WYSIWYG interface that’s simple and intuitive. You can create a website, blog, or store. Prices range from free to $25 per month depending on the features you want. Let’s look at those features.
All of the elements to build your site are dragged and dropped onto a WYSIWYG interface. You drag all of the elements that build yours posts: text, links, video, audio, etc. If you want to add a video, you simply drag the video player to the location in your post you want it to appear. You can drag more than one text box and then move the boxes around to arrange them in a different order.
WordPress is a popular choice for all three of these needs. But another choice is Weebly.
Let’s take a look at what’s involved in getting both platforms off the ground, turn them into a blog, a website, and add eCommerce. We’ll discover their basic features as well as pros and cons along the way.
Plugins add functionality to your WordPress site. There are over 34,000 plugins in the WordPress plugin directory. They add features such as calendars, project management tools, stats, newsletter, shopping carts, lightboxes, forums, etc. They add functionality to your site.
Blog and Website
WordPress has a powerful set of features for developing your blog. You can write without distractions, save and preview drafts, add SEO, retrieve older versions of a post, choose categories and tags, and much more. It auto-saves as you go so you won’t lose anything you write. To create a website, even one with a blog, set the home page to a static front page instead of the latest blog posts.
Weebly is a publishing platform with a WYSIWYG interface that’s simple and intuitive. You can create a website, blog, or store. Prices range from free to $25 per month depending on the features you want. Let’s look at those features.
All of the elements to build your site are dragged and dropped onto a WYSIWYG interface. You drag all of the elements that build yours posts: text, links, video, audio, etc. If you want to add a video, you simply drag the video player to the location in your post you want it to appear. You can drag more than one text box and then move the boxes around to arrange them in a different order.
