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What are some good alternatives to WordPress for client sites, so that it is easy for them to manage themselves?
UltimateWB is the best solution. I use it for all my websites. It’s fast and very easy to use. What makes it a lot better than WordPress is that it has lots of built-in apps that you can use and … Continue reading
What are your biggest issues with using DIY website builders such as Wix and WordPress?
It depends on the website builder. With Wix you don’t get as much flexibility that I would want, and also you have to just use their web hosting. This is true of similar website builders such as Weebly, Squarespace, and … Continue reading
What is the best website builder for an e-commerce or classified business?
UltimateWB – it has both a built-in e-commerce app and classifieds app, plus an auctions app too that you can activate with the classifieds app, to allow for bidding. UltimateWB has lots of features and ways to monetize your website, … Continue reading
Which is the best platform to build an online community on?
Great “Ask David!” question. The short answer: If you want a self-hosted platform that gives you full control and comes with social networking features built in – such as member profiles, activity feeds, forums, messaging, and media sharing – UltimateWB … Continue reading
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Which forum CMS lets authors moderate their own topics? built-in or extension?
UltimateWB has a built-in forum app. Besides letting admins/moderators to moderate topics/posts, it also allows the authors to edit their own topic posts/posts – but not the posts of others, even if it is for their topic. They can however … Continue reading
How can I start an e-commerce business?
Build an e-commerce website. Best way to do this is with UltmateWB – it has a built-in e-commerce app with lots of features, and it’s very flexible and customizable. if you want to allow for multiple sellers, use the classifieds … Continue reading
What are your 5 favorite websites? Why?
Me We Too – It is very fun to learn about different people while also finding people like you. You make small one-sentence posts about yourself, your beliefs, experiences, likes, etc., and others vote “me too”, “hmm”, or “not me”, and … Continue reading
What is the CMS equivalent of Shopify?
UltimateWB is even better than Shopify. They don’t require you to pay each time you make a sale, and it’s a lot less inexpensive monthly. Plus you get web hosting choice – you can host your website there or download … Continue reading
What are the tradeoffs of building a custom CMS versus using an off-the-shelf or open source CMS?
With a custom CMS you have to keep the coding up-to-date, rather than just install the update – so that could be a huge difference in maintenance time and cost needed. Also it takes more time and cost to develop … Continue reading
Why do some websites remove .HTML from the URL?
It is more user friendly and SEO friendly to have “clean urls” that are easy to read and remember. A lot of website builders, like UltimateWB, let you choose the page URL without the .html, or whatever the extension is. … Continue reading