MarvinC <[email protected]> wrote on 07/06/2009 10:30:55 AM: > Maybe it's me just being cheap but I have a problem paying for > something like this SquareSpace which was probably conceived > from an Open source platform. I'd rather donate to the > developers of the plugins before paying a monthly fee. > It does look good though. Nice and clean, like WP.
Unlike many (I'll be nice and not use most) open source projects, SquarSpace is polished. The interface to it is top notch, and you have to remind yourself you are using a web site in a browser and not a dedicated desktop application. It really is that polished. And from what I can tell, it's their own code - I haven't seen anything else that looks close to them. Now, if you don't want to pay for that ease of use and convenience, there are free options out there that have been mentioned. But if you want a well polished user interface, that you won't have to tweak and configure to get useful, with your own domain instead of myname.wordpress.com, and with a site that scales, then SquareSpace is a great solution. Don't take my word for it though, some googling will turn up many more people and their experiences. It's the first of these kinds of hosting solution providers that I have run into that I have yet to hear a negative thing about - and that in and of itself is interesting since the Internet typically is just one giant echo chamber for negativity... Sure you can get cheaper discount hosting, but as the old adage goes, you get what you pay for. And really, SquareSpace isn't that much more then most of the discount guys (well, the ones that are worth messing with anyway). You can set up a free account - they don't even require a credit card up front. I set one up and have played with it and am seriously contemplating using them for my own personal use (blog and photography) based on what I saw. And hopefully it goes without saying that I have no vested interest in them, am not a paid endorser nor have anything to gain other then being a potentially satisfied customer :) Eric Eskam =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The contents of this message are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. Government "The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it." - P. B. Medawar ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
