WIX.com CIS 282 Class Demo Walid Zaman
What is Wix.com It is a free DIY website publishing platform It lets users build innovative HTML 5 websites without any coding knowledge or the need to use any plug-ins You do not need to be a world class web designer to create your own state of the art HTML 5 website with Wix.com most-popular/web/1
Signing up It is free and very simple to do Takes less than a minute There are premium packages available if you want your own domain name Initial free domain names in the form: www. username.wix.com/ sitename
Premium Mostly for small to medium businesses or for e-commerce purposes Offers more storage and bandwidth Allows use of Google Analytics
Popularity Added more users after HTML5 introduction More than 1 million new websites were created in 90 days after this addition Currently has more than 20 million users Company was started in 2006 with only flash compatibility but now has more features with HTML 5
Creating Has more than 170 stunning templates to choose from You can even create from scratch with a blank template The editor is user friendly and fun, with many customization options There are options to add widgets, tags, and facebook links to increase website popularity
HTML 5 This is the feature that sets WIX apart from the many other website building platforms It is the newest version of the popular HTML standard for web design It is being used as an alternative to flash, meaning more accessibility on devices like the iPhone, where flash is not compatible By , 70% of businesses will switch to HTML 5
Competition Sites like Weebly, another website creator, are popular But has fewer templates And has not integrated HTML 5 yet WIX has a SEO (Search engine optimization) to make your website more visible on web searches by adding tags, keywords and descriptions
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