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Squarespace Alternative? 2017-03-16 02:21:42 Post No. 3040180
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Hey guys, I've been using Squarespace for 3 years now and my annual subscription is almost due for renewal. I love Squarespace because it's so simple and the support is really good in my experience. Unfortunately, every man and their fucking mother have a Squarespace site these days and it's become so stock standard. So my question is, are there any alternative services I can use to build a new website?
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format.com
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>>3040180
Depends what you want it for and what effort you are willing to put into it..
I use squarespace for my business website, if it looks like everyone elses website thats fine as long as it looks clean and professional which it does.
Though I dont use it for my own website, I instead just use wordpress.. It looks way more minimal/artsyfarsty and works great.. I do not have the skills to make it look and act like a business website though (it is basically a gallery/blog with contact info)
format themes look like paid wordpress themes except its a monthly subscription.. I wouldnt recommend it unless you are totally incompetent.
Check it out though you can get a month free.
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>>3040323
Thanks, I was thinking of doing a Wordpress site, I will look more into it.
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>>3040323
>if it looks like everyone elses website thats fine as long as it looks clean and professional
This.
In fact sticking to a design convention is usually better than trying to be unique.
People generally prefer deigns they're familiar with: it breeds confidence and makes people feel at home.
Only try to be a special snowflake when you're actually great at it, so people will be amazed.
Don't try to be different just to be different.
Let your photographs speak for you, not your website design (you can be as unique as you like with your photographs of course)
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>>3040180
Yeah, I avoided Squarespace for that exact reason. I use Weebly instead, really easy to set up and design a clean, pro-looking site that doesn't look like a template. It also recently added support for video backgrounds. Only downside is the editing tools can sometimes be a bit annoying, and HTML integration isn't great.
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Been using WordPress, takes a little more effort to set up but is cheaper and more versatile in the long run.
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>>3040180
why would anyone give a fuck if your website looks the same as anyone elses? the content is all anyone is looking at a photographers website for.
unless you design websites for a living don't fall for the uniqueness meme.
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