Portfolio Assignment 7

The first website creation tool I used was Weebly. Here is the link to my demo for Weebly: http://screencast.com/t/LkuO3KOVkBT. The second website creation tool I used was Yola. Here is the link for my demo for Yola: http://screencast.com/t/iD7RqXIw. The third website creation tool I used was Google Sites. Here is the link for my demo for Google Sites: http://screencast.com/t/EZj8EkCC. I performed the same tasks in each demo in order to illustrate how to create a new page in each site.

One difference that I noticed about the different website creating tools was the availability of pictures. One thing that I really liked about Weebly was that you were able to use photos from Creative Commons. This enabled me to find pictures to make my site more interesting. In order to use pictures on a Yola site, you had to pay, and Google Sites did not seem to have any public pictures available at all.

Another difference that I noticed about the different website creating tools was whether they were user-friendly. I tried to use Wix, and I could not really figure it out. It would tell me to click somewhere to edit and then nothing would happen. Google Sites was a little difficult for me to navigate. The main page gave directions, but the directions were confusing. There are also a lot of options in the sidebar, which was somewhat confusing. Yola was fairly simple, but it did not seem to have as many options as the others, or they were just more difficult to find. Weebly seemed to be the most straightforward to me. It had all of the tools across the top and easy to access, and you did not have to worry about searching for directions on how to do something.

If I was asked to create a site right now, I would use Weebly. I found it the most user-friendly and it makes it easier to use pictures to make my site look better. It also gives an option to use HTML, if I ever want to post something from another page that is written in HTML.