Wix and Weebly are two newer hosted content management systems which are very similar in the way you use them to create content. But they’re also different in a few key ways. Wix Wix is interactive, flashy, and not as much stuck in traditional web site structures as some of the other services we’ve looked…   Read more

Unbeknownst to many, Google actually allows you to create your own web sites quickly and easily. Of all hosted content management sites, it’s probably the least customizable in terms of appearance; however, it’s also full of hosting and media-sharing features, and has the potential for great search engine results. Pros and Cons of Google Sites…   Read more

WordPress was originally structured to be a blog (short for weblog, an online journal) software, but has since expanded to be a fully-featured Content Management System.  It’s the most popular of the CMSes we’ll look at this week, which means there are plenty of other campus ministers with experience with it–and, there are many, many…   Read more

Most of you don’t want to make your web site on your own, but if you do, your timing is perfect: Lifehacker just finished a four-part series on how to make and host your own web site. Check out their posts on how to design, code, and host your site yourself: Understanding and Writing HTML…   Read more

As a part of our series teaching you how to set up a web site, here are a few concepts and terms you really should know–whether or not you choose to host the site yourself. Hosting Every web site has to live on a computer somewhere, and that computer is called a “host.” Really, web…   Read more