Buttercup Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Please can anyone advise on what program to use to design a website for my playgroup. Preferably free. Thought could be a project for my 15 yr old over the summer instead of playing games for 6 weeks. Buttercup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsbat Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 I used Weebly for mine and it was very simple - but effective. It is free to do although you can upgrade which I did so as to put a password on some of the pages which had photo's on (on ofsted's advice) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 I'd endorse mrsbat, Buttercup. Weebly's basic version is free and you can do some quite remarkable stuff without going up to the premium version. Worth a try - no web development experience needed. If your daughter has some reasonable word processing and IT skills she should be able to put something good together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 I think Cait has some good experience with Weebly as well, so hopefully she'll be along at some stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildflowers Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Anyone with experience of Wordpress, another free site: http://en-gb.wordpress.org/ ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyMaz Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 I think Wordpress is basically blogging software, rather than a web design product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 I'm new to this forum, but we use wordpress for our website. I can post a link if anyone wants to see how it can be used? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buttercup Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share Posted July 17, 2013 Thank you will look into ideas over summer Buttercup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Hi cvdbout - Welcome to the Forum! I'd love to see how you've used Wordpress. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyMaz Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 I'd love to see how you've used Wordpress. Me too! And welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 (edited) Sorry been away again! Right up my street webdesign so hence my comments: Yes wordpress is a very easy way to produce a blog website.. with thousands of designs you can use to customise it, and also widgets to improve it. A blog is a great way to keep people informed on a regular basis with news regarding your nursery or linking local info etc.. Very simple and a good choice in my opinion. I must add it is not a good option for a great looking static website.. Edited July 19, 2013 by boltonnurseries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildflowers Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 wordpress is a very easy way to produce a blog website.. . I must add it is not a good option for a great looking static website. Which would you recommend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Our website is http://www.dauxwood.co.uk We don't have a blog really, we only use the blog aspect for recent news (which isnt very recent!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 That's a very nice looking site! Did you put it together yourself? :1b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Our website is http://www.dauxwood.co.uk We don't have a blog really, we only use the blog aspect for recent news (which isnt very recent!). Oh I've just had a little 'nosey' - very nice! :1b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 That's a very nice looking site! Did you put it together yourself? :1b Thanks - I did (well, the template was one of the ones available on wordpress!). Our last website was appalling, and being the only one who has the faintest idea about websites I drew the short straw. We needed something that had a very simple user interface behind the website so anyone who needed to could pick it up quite quickly - this is where HTML falls short. I can code it, but not many people can understand it or are even willing to try. Oh I've just had a little 'nosey' - very nice! :1b Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buttercup Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 Love the website will def look. Buttercup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumperrabbit Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Our website is http://www.dauxwood.co.uk We don't have a blog really, we only use the blog aspect for recent news (which isnt very recent!). What a fantastic website, it's really bright and informative As I committee run group myself I especially like your committee information pack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 What a fantastic website, it's really bright and informative As I committee run group myself I especially like your committee information pack Thank you We brought in the information pack last year as we found many parents were joining the committee, but not really understanding the extent of what the committee does e.g. many members weren't aware that we needed a committee in order to remain open. We've not had the chance to see if the pack helps new members, but hopefully we'll get some new members in the new term. The website was a lot of work, but I think in the age we are in where more and more people are using the internet to communicate and find information, it's important to have as much information as may be required/requested on an easy to use website. Our manager wasn't hugely convinced about needing a nicer website than we had previously, but I think as our pre-school is now dealing with people who were probably teenagers when the internet first started to become popular we need to cater to a generation who have higher expectations of what information can be found online and how it looks than the generation previous. I shall stop blethering now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lashes2508 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 mmm great website very informative - thanks for sharing - has given me some ideas to improve ours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Lovely website - I have a meeting this afternoon about creating a new one for us, we want to add secure log in for parents and staff etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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