1. Analysis
&Research On
Website Creators
Tiffanie Chan 11W

2. Overview
Before making my website, I must first research
several website creators in order to choose the best
option.
I selected three website creators: Weebly, Webs, Wix
I will analyze aspects like how easy it is to use the site,
what sort of effects I can create, the appearance and
many more.
I decided to do this because then I would be able to
understand a bigger range of web tools and also allow
me to create a better website after.

3. 1) Weebly
The first website
I tried was
“Weebly”. I
created a free
account. My
first impression
was that it was
very user-
friendly and I
learned to
navigate around
the website
quite fast. It is
also free to use.
This website I also watched this video It was very easy to sign up, all I needed
creator is also before starting and it was my email address and a password.
free to use. was fairly easy to follow. The process was also fast.

4. I then selected a website
name. I named it:
http://shoppinghongkong.w
eebly.com
(This is a sub domain under
Weebly)
I really like this toolbar
Weebly created for users
to edit their website. It is
definitely user-friendly
and everything is
organized in categories
so navigation is quick
and easy. I can add the
features I mentioned in
my objectives. (e.g.
This is the main editing web Photos, videos etc.)
tool on Weebly.

5. For an
experiment, I
decided to
create the main
banner of the
website. Weebly
allowed me to
simply insert a
photo into the
box.

6. Overall Comments on
“Weebly”
1. My favourite aspect is the editing of the website
because the toolbar is very easy to use and efficient.
2. The themes provided from the website is also very
diverse.
3. The navigation of every page on the website is
organized well so this allows it to be user-friendly
too.
4. A disadvantage is that sometimes the “box layouts”
are slightly restricting to users. You may have to stick
to the box constraints (i.e. like when I was inserting
the picture)

7. Once again, it is free Similar to Weebly, the
to create and use the creation of the website
website. 2) Webs was very easy.
Second, I tried to use “Webs”. At the first stage, it was still very easy to use so I found it
similar to Weebly. I was attracted to try using “Webs” because it mentioned that the
websites look professional which is one of my objectives.

8. Unlike Weebly, you select different pages to edit “Webs” also has a useful
separately. This is good as everything is kept tidy but it can toolbar that is user-
also become overwhelming as you have to save separately friendly.
too.

9. One of the aspects I found
very useful from “Webs”
was the widgets I could add.
There was a huge range of
tools I could add. For
example, Subscribing to the
website, music players,
search bars.
Clear sidebar
and headings
Although I liked many aspects of
“Webs”, I really did not like how there
would always be an advertisement at
the top of my website. This
immediately distracts my users and
does not give off a professional image.

10. Overall Comments on “Webs”
1. The web tools provided are useful and diverse.
2. In particular, the widgets provided will help make
my website more interactive for users.
3. The pages are edited separately therefore, it can be
more organized.
4. Unfortunately, I strongly dislike how an
advertisement is placed as the header of my website.
This is not attracting to my users and appears
unprofessional. These are two exact opposites of what
I previously stated in my objectives.

11. Like the previous two
website creators,
3) Wix
Unlike
“Wix” is also free to the other
use. two
websites,
“Wix”
allows
you to
edit by
dragging
and
dropping.
I thought
this
would be
more
user-
friendly
so
therefore,
I decided
to try
using it.

12. The editing
tool pops up
as a new
window,
allowing
you to
preview you
website
well.
Immediately,
you can
publish and
advertise your
website
through social
networking
sites like
facebook and
twitter. This is
very useful as
The best aspect I found about “Wix” was I can reach a
that resizing and moving photos was very broader range
simple and quick. It was a great web tool. of users faster.

13. Out of the
websites,
“Wix” toolbar
seems to be the
most simple
and plain.
However,
contrary to
what I thought, Simple editing was very
it was not clear but harder aspects
actually very like widgets were not.
user-friendly as
I found it
difficult to find
all the features
I needed.
Pages were edited
separately but still
under the same
toolbar. It became
quite complicated
with all the
different arrows
and sub-sections.

14. Overall Comments on “Wix”
1. The “dragging and dropping” feature is very useful
when inserting and editing photos.
2. However, the toolbar is confusing for users as you
only get simple features presented clearly.
Multimedia like videos and maps are harder to input.
3. It is beneficial that “Wix” is closely linked to popular
social networking sites like Facebook.

15. Conclusion & Final Choice
Now that I have finished researching three different
website creators, I will now base my final choice on the
analysis done in this PowerPoint.
Although I liked aspects from all three, I believe the
most user-friendly website creator is “Weebly”. I can
edit freely with the toolbar and I also discovered several
forms of multimedia which I can add. (E.g. Google
Maps, which is very important to my tourism website)
I also felt that “Weebly” would help me achieve many
of my objectives. For example, bright colours, pictures,
specific layouts for each page, good navigation,
professional.