Squarespace, wix or... ??

Minusorange · 18 Sep 2018 at 17:17

Wondering what's best to set up a better than amateur to pro level looking website with ability to have some pictures/thumbnails and a preview youtube window which could potentially showcase a few "latest" vids for an account

Seems like the builders for Squarespace and Wix can offer most of this but wondering if there's a better/cheaper alternative to this ?

Minusorange · 21 Sep 2018 at 19:47

Nobody has an opinion ?

AHarvey · 24 Sep 2018 at 14:20

I'm not sure many people here would really use either of the WYSIWYG style creators but I know they've been mentioned a few times that I've seen so work a search.

If you want to do it yourself with little or no experience I am sure they'll be up for the job but you do pay a premium for it and I'm guessing it's limited with what can be done.

A few more details about what the website will do and what your aim is will help people give more advice.

Minusorange · 25 Sep 2018 at 19:17

AHarvey said:
I'm not sure many people here would really use either of the WYSIWYG style creators but I know they've been mentioned a few times that I've seen so work a search.

If you want to do it yourself with little or no experience I am sure they'll be up for the job but you do pay a premium for it and I'm guessing it's limited with what can be done.

A few more details about what the website will do and what your aim is will help people give more advice.

I would do it myself but I don't have the time for the foreseeable future to learn coding and wordpress to get it to the standards I could with WYSIWYG, I just want a photography portofolio with different pages for different genres of photography, mainly with thumbnails that will open into a gallery and a window on the homepage that automatically updates with most recent (or a couple) youtube vids for a specific account, I know it's possible to do it manually but if I can automate that would be a bonus

AHarvey · 26 Sep 2018 at 06:33

Minusorange said:
I would do it myself but I don't have the time for the foreseeable future to learn coding and wordpress to get it to the standards I could with WYSIWYG, I just want a photography portofolio with different pages for different genres of photography, mainly with thumbnails that will open into a gallery and a window on the homepage that automatically updates with most recent (or a couple) youtube vids for a specific account, I know it's possible to do it manually but if I can automate that would be a bonus

I know a lot of togs use squarespace, as for the youtube auto update, I'd honestly pop their support people a message and ask. "Before i invest in your platform, can it do X, Y & Z..." They'll soon give you a response if it means a sale