[coryddb18]

Hey guys I was just wandering if any of you have had any experience with yahoo web hosting and yahoo sitebuilder. This is what I have been using to design and host my sites it has been working ok but I am wandering if there are any better free web design programs out that are easy to use such as WYSIWYG programs. Also for I would like opinions on webhosting. Thanks guys.

[Brett_Oranum]

I hate those kind of drag and drop programs, this is what I just started playing with at the recommendations of a few people to make my sites html5 and CSS3 compliant.
HTML5 Boilerplate - A rock-solid default template for HTML5 awesome.

[Maximlis]

ya its so difficult to program. Its better if you consult a web designer. Your work will be easier.

[affilorama]

I prefer to use Wordpress for site building. It has a user friendly interface and the themes are flexible enough to allow customization. There are numerous plugins too.

For hosting, I go with HostGator. They have good up time and customer service.

Hope that helps. Have a good day!

[daiarian]

If you are a non techie like me then WP is the way to go. You will quickly get to be proficient with it and you will not be held to ransome by some third party programmer.

You can get a really professional looking site using the various themes available.

[teezone]

For what it's worth, I know someone who runs a VERY successful content site using Pagebuilder & Yahoo hosting.

We are quick to throw around suggestions to use Wordpress & Joomla (myself included), but it's very easy to have your site performance & SEO suffer, unless you have some technical expertise available.

If a site performs well using old school html & css, why change it?

Disclaimer: I'm still cleaning up a URL mess that occurred when I upgraded a Joomla component. It NEVER would have happened using traditional html methods.

[andymisiu]

I would recommend using hostgator as your hosting company and wordpress.org to design your sites on. Hostgator has some really cheap hosting plans under $10 a month for unlimited domains. You can also use there Fantastico feature to install wordpress onto any one of your domains with a click of a button.

Hostgator & Wordpress.org

It's a beautiful thing.

[andymisiu]

Originally Posted by teezone

We are quick to throw around suggestions to use Wordpress & Joomla (myself included), but it's very easy to have your site performance & SEO suffer, unless you have some technical expertise available

I think wordpress.org has some really great plugins to help with SEO, such as "SEO by Yoast" and "All In One SEO Pack"

Unless you've heard or have had experience in these plugins not working. I've heard great things.

[Convergence]

Originally Posted by andymisiu

I think wordpress.org has some really great plugins to help with SEO, such as "SEO by Yoast" and "All In One SEO Pack"

Unless you've heard or have had experience in these plugins not working. I've heard great things.

You still have to learn what to do with them, properly

[andymisiu]

Originally Posted by Convergence

You still have to learn what to do with them, properly

Yea, you have to configure them correctly, but there is plenty of information on how to do that online. Just gotta find a trusted source (that's the tricky part)

[affilorama]

I think wordpress.org has some really great plugins to help with SEO, such as "SEO by Yoast" and "All In One SEO Pack"

I'm a fan of All in One SEO Pack myself. I use it on all of my Wordpress site, very easy to install and use.

[memzoomvn]

Originally Posted by Brett_Oranum

I hate those kind of drag and drop programs, this is what I just started playing with at the recommendations of a few people to make my sites html5 and CSS3 compliant.
HTML5 Boilerplate - A rock-solid default template for HTML5 awesome.[/url]

i also think that , this is good tool

[AffiliateWarrior]

+1 for WordPress hosted on your own hosting account.

[affilorama]

If a site performs well using old school html & css, why change it?

I agree. I would use old school HTML too (hand coding makes me feel all smart... LOL) but just really have no patience when there are applications/tools to make it easier.