Register a SA Forums Account here!
JOINING THE SA FORUMS WILL REMOVE THIS BIG AD, THE ANNOYING UNDERLINED ADS, AND STUPID INTERSTITIAL ADS!!!

You can: log in, read the tech support FAQ, or request your lost password. This dumb message (and those ads) will appear on every screen until you register! Get rid of this crap by registering your own SA Forums Account and joining roughly 150,000 Goons, for the one-time price of $9.95! We charge money because it costs us money per month for bills, and since we don't believe in showing ads to our users, we try to make the money back through forum registrations.
 
  • Locked thread
PersonalGenius
Mar 1, 2013

Barefoot on the Moon
(Note to mods: Not sure if this is in the right place. Please let me know if I should move it. Thanks!)

I'm an artist and have been needing to redo my site for some time. For a while now, I've been using a white label version of the portfolio site Hire an Illustrator and I think it shows. Not to mention how there are visible options that I don't use, and other things I need, but don't have. But you don't want to see my older site and how bad it was. My brother built it for me when he was still learning to code and it was pieced together like some kind of Frankenstein monster.

I don't have the money to pay someone to redesign my site properly. As a freelancer, I wouldn't want to offend someone by paying less than they are worth. So, I was thinking about using a service like Wix or Square Space. Has anyone had any experience with these? Are they a decent alternative, or will they end up looking so obviously like an template than I'm better off biting the bullet and paying someone to do it from scratch?

I appreciate any feedback.

Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

PersonalGenius
Mar 1, 2013

Barefoot on the Moon

beerinator posted:


But I have a friend who uses Squarespace and this is his site:
http://goodbeerhunting.com/



Thanks! I understand not having first-hand experience, but it does help to see a finished, live site.

PersonalGenius
Mar 1, 2013

Barefoot on the Moon

Un-l337-Pork posted:

Honestly, I'd look into Wordpress*.

I have thought about this, and I have seen some themes that I really like, but I think that I'd need someone to help me install & modify it. Because I can't afford to pay someone, I'm looking for something I can do & update completely by myself. I only know the most basic HTML.

  • Locked thread