Friday, April 17, 2009 at 4:33 PM Blog Inauguration Post
This will be, most likely, the new home of my blog and the home of the photography website. I'm liking the customization, simplicity and control I get from this service. I've still got a couple of exams to prep for so I'll keep this first post short.
Earlier in the year, I was watching a podcast from Revision3, when I saw an advertisement for Squarespace. At the time I didn't give it much thought, I was thinking "here's just anotheradvertisementfor a service I'll never use because I don't have a need for it". A few months passed, and I began to see Squarespace ads on almost all of the podcasts I watch, and it finally struck me, if people like Kevin Rose, Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, John C. Dvorak and others are raving about this service, I need to at least give the two week free trial a try.
So on a Wednesday evening I decided to sign up for Squarespace and see what all this hype is about. WOW was I amazed at the service. With in an hour or two I was able to build my entire website from scratch. I didn't have an old blog I wanted to import so I couldn't try that out, but I was up and running faster than any other service I've tried. I was able to customize every aspect of the site to make it my own and to the specs I wanted. Best thing of all, I didn't have to do hardly any hand coding. I'm no code monkey, I haven't touched HTML in years, and Squarespace didn't need me to code anything!
The only caveat for this service is the price tag. It might not be the cheapest service in the world, but it does provide you with a slew of great features. So for all of you who want to make your own website and want some great customization without having to do a bunch of coding, check out Squarespace.
I'd love to get your comments and thoughts about my site. Like it, hate it, I want to know. What should change? What needs to be added? Is it too simple? Broken links? Keep in mind I won't be adding any of my content under my Portfolio page until I'm done my exams. Anything you have to say would be well appreciated.
ps. thanks to Jack for helping me when I did need to do a lil' bit of coding.
Reader Comments (1)
Hope you enjoy blogging as much as we do. I´ll check how it goes soon. Best Joyce