'Net Features : website builder

Go Daddy Goes Mobile

Allison Howen — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:00:00 GMT

According to a recent Google study, nearly half of consumers (48%) feel like companies without mobile-optimized websites don’t care about their business.

Luckily, there are many options for businesses that haven’t taken the mobile plunge yet, including a new feature from Go Daddy. The popular hosting provider partnered with Dudamobile to bring mobile website building functionality to Go Daddy’s Website Builder service.

It is important to note that with this new feature, users don’t need to take any additional steps to activate their mobile site. In fact, once they publish their website with the Page Designer, the service automatically converts the standard website’s content to a mobile-optimized version. Moreover, Go Daddy clients leveraging a Deluxe or Premium plan can customize their websites even further in order to provide better usability to their mobile users.

HTML5 Sites Take Over the Web

Allison Howen — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:00:00 GMT

More than 1 million HTML5 websites have been added to the ’Net thanks to DIY Web publishing platform Wix.com.

This number is huge, especially considering that Wix launched its HTML5 website builder in late March 2012. The platform includes 170 website templates that cater to a variety of industries and doesn’t require users to have knowledge of coding skills in order to leverage the platform.

"Until now, HTML5 was a buzzword to describe the 'future' of the web. With Wix' 1 millionth HTML5 site built this month, it's clear that individuals and small businesses have decided it is the present and where the web is destined," says Avishai Abrahami, CEO of Wix.com. "No longer in the dark or stuck with having to outsource, the Wix HTML5 platform answers a wide market need. We provide our users with the hammer and tools to build their online real estate, and we're working 24/7 to deliver an HTML5 website builder with unmatched features flexibility and customization."

According to analytics from websites that have been created through the Wix platform, 92 percent of Wix users prefer to customize website templates rather than create a site from scratch. However, stats show that U.S. and Brazilian users are the ones who are customizing the templates to fit their specific needs the most – by adding design features, optimizing their SEO settings, embedding external add-ons and social elements to create content-rich websites.

The Wix HTML5 editor is still in beta, and has already seen a series of feature improvements, with other major product announcements expected in the coming weeks.

Simple Website Creation from Hostpoint

Michael Garrity — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:15:00 GMT

No programming skills? No problem! Switzerland's largest webhosting provider, Hostpoint, just launched SITES, "an intuitive and powerful cloud-based building set for the creation of websites," so that even the most novice of Web users can build a website all their own.

Hostpoint SITES comes stacked with features to simplify the creation process. This includes easily-edited templates and widgets to integrate Facebook, Twitter, YouTube videos and more into the website in question.

Users can also integreate contact forms, photo albums, calendars and online shops through an easy-to-use drag and drop feature. Perhaps most importantly, Hostpoint has taken measures to ensure that "the websites are not recognizalbe as 'building set sites,'" meaning each site will have its own unique look and feel.

The basic version of SITES comes free with Hostpoint's Smart and Business webhosting packages, which also feature up to 75 GB of storage space, an unlimited number of email addresses and much more.