This week, our class experimented with the online website builders Wix and Weebley. I have worked with both of these programs in previous courses and personally I favor Wix. My team that will be building a website for an on campus club has chosen to use Wix for our project.
While both are very user friendly, Wix seems to have more features and is easier for me to navigate. I have experimented with other sites, like Wordpress, and feel like Wix is more conducive to my needs as a beginner website builder. Wix provides users with hundreds of templates to match their style of website, and allows every element to be altered to meet the user’s preferences.
Working with different website builders has taught me that it is incredibly easy and accessible for individuals with minimal technological know-how to build a website. This day and age, the ability to code is no longer the only requirement when building a website. Essentially, if you want/need to build an online presence you can, and it’s simple to do.
Here are some helpful videos that will explain how to use Wix!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRU83c06luM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clzBjs4SPTU
Additionally, this week we learned about podcasts and audio recording/editing equipment. The main program we experimented with was the editing software Audacity. This is an easy program to operate with minimal training, however there are a few pesky quirks! For example, you have to press the stop button whenever you want to edit the recording, which isn’t difficult but it’s annoying. Other than that it is very user friendly and useful in developing a podcast or other recording.
Audacity offers basic features like fading sounds and adding underlying tracks, and there are really fun features like sound effects. We used http://www.pacdv.com/sounds/index.html to add sound effects legally, and this site offers a ton of fun noises to enhance your recording. Royalty-fee music is also available online, and a good resource for cheap college students! In class we used: http://www.freemusicbeds.com/. Creating a podcast, or really any edited recording is a exciting process and easy with minimal training—here is a video to check out Audacity and get started creating!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uqCNjbQn54
Image: http://startupbloggers.com/wix-vs-weebly-better-startups/
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