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Introduction
I've
been building websites for 9 years now, having started off with
using
Dreamweaver and then Kompozer building sites from scratch,
progressing to using ready-made templates with Webs, Weebly
and
110MB. In the past 2 years, I've been using both WordPress
dot org,
and WordPress dot com, which I think offer the best
website-building
service. Many of the WordPress themes are free
to use, and there is a
vast array of plugins / addons, such as
contact forms, which are easy
to add and use.
As
regards WordPress.com, this is offers you a free blogsite, with
free themes
& free website-hosting, and is aimed at non-commercial
users,
i.e. for personal use only. You don't have access to all the
plugins
… I have used one of the contact form plugins temporarily.
You can
pay WP for a domain name of your choice, or you can
leave your blogsite with its name ending as "wordpress.com".
I have set
up a WP photo-blog using the Nitisha theme, which I think
looks
great. Click HERE to see this. A blogsite is an online diary …
you
can write posts as often as you like, and invite other bloggers
to
comment on your site (and vice-versa).
By the way, all websites in the UK must now comply with EU Cookie
law ... have a look HERE if you're creating a new website or if you
own one already.
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