You design yourself

Design Yourself or Call the Professionals?

You have lots of options when it comes to building your site. Our Drag and Drop Site Builder makes it easy to create and customize a professional looking website, while blogging and content management system (CMS) options, like WordPress and Joomla, are available for quick installation via Mojo Marketplace. Your account is also compatible with web development software, and if you really want to turn heads, we offer professional design services where we make your vision a reality.

So how do you know what's right for you? The method you choose really depends on the goals you have in mind for your website. For example, you can create a fully functional blog a lot easier using WordPress than you could with expensive software like Adobe Dreamweaver. Here is a table we put together where we suggest specific tools and services that best fit particular website goals.

Website Goal What You May Need Tools and Services Gain Exposure: bring new customers to your physical business (hair salon, restaurant, etc.) with your site. An information-driven site with

• store location
• hours
• gallery
• services
• and prices

Drive Sales: sell products and services online.

• an e-commerce shopping cart and payment gateway
• product descriptions
• prices

Connect with People: share ideas/experiences with family and friends, or the general public

• a platform that allows for commenting and sharing ideas
• photo gallery software

Install WordPress, and/or other forum and gallery options, via SimpleScripts. Educate Others: share specialized expertise with how-to articles, video clips, games, and more.

• blogging software
• comment functionality
• forums
• social media integration
• multi-media

Check out Joomla, a content management system, or design the site via WordPress. Both are available (along with other open source applications) via SimpleScripts.

Resources for Designing Yourself

If you've decided to design your website, check out our Essential Website Building Guide. We've also highlighted relevant site building tools (all included free with your hosting plan) to help you get started.