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The Dogfooding Test: What Happens When Web Platforms Don’t Use Their Own Tools?

Screenshot of the Divi, Elegant Themes, website, with the source code opened in the right side frame, showing that the website is not built on Divi
Divi, from Elegant Themes, is one of the website builders not using the code they sell for their own website.

Choosing a web development platform usually comes down to reviewing a checklist of features, viewing templates, and reading marketing copy. However, there is a far more reliable metric for evaluating the true capability, speed, and structural integrity of any software platform.

You simply have to look at what the creators of the software use to run their own business.

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Drag-and-Drop Website Builders You Can Host Anywhere

Portability of drag-and-drop website builders

"Ask David": "Can you help recommend a drag-and-drop website builder that is not hosted so I can upload HTML to any hosting service?"

Finding a true drag-and-drop website builder that isn’t tied to a hosted platform is surprisingly difficult. Popular drag-and-drop builders - like Wix, Squarespace, and Weebly - are cloud-based, i.e. hosted website builders. This means your site lives on their servers, and while they make building websites very easy, you cannot export

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