Website building software

[Kent Seagull]

I've been asked to build a website for a steam locomotive restoration group and was wondering if the tecchies of NSC had any suggestions for a good easy free web building software to use? The idea is to build a simple site that the lads rebuilding the locomotive can easily post updates, photos and news etc without too much effort, especially considering that they are more familiar with beating the shit out of large lumps of metal rather than using hi tech websites!

I've used Joomla before but found it a bit fiddly so looking for something nice and easy to use but fairly professional looking. Any ideas?

 

[Grombleton]

I would use Wordpress - either the remotely hosted version (.com) or download the package and upload/configure it to a server (.org) - i tend to use it for my clients and they all love it from a user point of view. Joomla! is ok, but it isn't the most user-friendly system in the world.

 

[Bozza]

Wordpress, as above, is incredibly powerful with a ridiculous number of customisations.

You might also want to check out Squarespace - you can literally start building now for free. If you like what you can do then pay, otherwise just delete it.

 

[peterward]

drag and drop wysiwyg, stunning websites piece of piss to use

http://www.websitex5.com/en/index.html

 

[Fef]

Wordpress. Many web hosting companies provide a speedy way of creating a Wordpress installation. Customise it with a theme (there are hundreds) and start adding your content to pages.

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

Tried joomla last week and was just boggled by how complex it was.

 

[DanielT]

Wordpress, as above, is incredibly powerful with a ridiculous number of customisations.

You might also want to check out Squarespace - you can literally start building now for free. If you like what you can do then pay, otherwise just delete it.

If you do try this, have a look on twit.tv for their promo code. It'll get you a discount if you decide to use them.

There's also drupal. Not as friendly as WordPress or squarespace but very customisable

 

[minnieme]

Create a professional business website with 11

 

[Kent Seagull]

Sounds like WordPress will do the job, thanks guys, I'll give it a try.