We’ve seen a lot of site design tools that take the need for programming skills out of the picture: Synthasite, Weebly, Jimdo and Google Page Creator. All have limitations, ranging from ease of use to business models (some of them require fees, ads and/or links back to the service). And none of them allow for easy creation of Flash-based content.
Israel-based Wix.com is a new entrant that is entering into private beta now. It claims to allow users to create Flash-based websites without any programing skills, and publish those sites anywhere on the web. The output can also be widgetized and published on social networks.
We have not been able to test the service directly yet. But a source that did see it called it “awesome.” And if it helps people build flexible, useful Flash applications without any programming skills, someone here in California just may pick them up sooner or later.
Sign up on their home page for the private beta.
Tons of places let you create flash websites with no programming, albeit, they are based on some templates.
Flash websites are dumb - they are not search friendly. At the end of day, website want to be found on Google.
Gotta love crappy SEO.
@ 4 your SO right! Flash sucks for SEO! Good look WIX.
It is interesting that you are writing an article regarding a site that you have not even tested.
Quote from article:
We have not been able to test the service directly yet. But a source that did see it called it “awesome.”
You people do realize that average person using this service probably won’t even know what SEO is?
Some of you should check out the site before you comment…
From the FAQ..:
Q - If Wix is created in Flash, can it work with search engines?
A - Yes, wix is xml based, search engines can easily search inside xml documents.
I’m just saying…
This looks very promising but I wonder how long it will be before Microsoft comes out with its own version but for use with silverlight. Flash is the internet standard for online interactive dynamic media… will be an interesting fight.
Jon
As much as i hate the idea, i can see the mass public, rather the myspace generation adapting to this in no time. the fact that there is no learning curve completely takes advantage of the sort of attitude the average website publisher/user has.
i can see this targeted at teens and teens only and thats sucks, but never the less, it can be a tremendous amount of leverage for the company.
Kudos if they can yield nice profits from it.
#2 David - That’s an ancient excuse! Time has changed the technology and adaptability. get with the program
What are all the flash developers going to do?
There are a few other tools out there that enable flash-based content construction / remixing. Orchestr8’s AlchemyPoint is one.. it can be utilized to copy-and-paste flash content — remixing it with other html / css content, flash content, etc. Wix looks interesting however, and they have a great website.
My domain and hosting company 1and1 (www.1and1.com) offers a Dynamic Site Creator for template-based flash site creation. I haven’t used it, but it looks very simple. I don’t know if it is SEO friendly, but I doubt it.
I am not a fan of Flash as such but I will give it a go as this can save me a bit of time which is always good.
You know my mom said that her cousin has a friend who has a boyfriend who saw a quick peek of the sight and he said its “Awsome!!!!” I haven’t seen it myself but I’ll report on it just the same.
Well, it is not “stealth” anymore…!
“We have not been able to test the service directly yet. But a source that did see it called it “awesome.””
Was it their CEO or their investor? Heh.
Great name! Wix means to wank in german.
Wixi, Wix … I’m just saying… are brandnames about masturbation the new hotness? (works only in german, though)
This should end well.
Nice post. Would like to see more posts that help startups or individuals in their business.
We know there are a lot of sites for design templates. I would like to know if there’s any such site that offer templates for content - such as company profiles, about us section, etc.
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i think that it’s wrong to write: “We have not been able to test the service directly yet. But a source that did see it called it “awesome.””
this site have no vision or something that can enhance our web experience- it can be helpful only for kids who want to build a lovely site for them hero
Oh no, please … can someone order a few copies of a German slang dictionary and spread them to web startups? (btw, does anybody remember wankr beta?)
Remember this?
http://www.balthaser.com
They launched “:Fx”, which used to be a fantastic and dead-simple Flash website creating service, since 1999.
I believe it was the first service of this kind ever…
I think it is a great way to get people interested in website and a learning tool to start your understanding of how websites work.
Not everyone in the world is an expert programmer like most people that read this blog.
Does anybody remember moonfruit.com - it was this exact same concept but it crashed & burned 5 years ago.
Sal
LOL
We have not been able to test the service directly yet. But a source that did see it called it “awesome.”
This is when we know there is something going wrong with TC. I am beyond words when I saw this post. Which makes me think, if this is a paid for post.
I tried entering random user name and mail id (that too even without the @) and i could log in!!
what kinda private beta is this??
did u see anything?
is it good?? i heared it’s amazing
i tried what u said and it gives me error that the user is not found
Gobblestar, thanks for the tip, I did manage to play a little with it late last night. it does not work anymore, I guess they fixed it
hasan,
as for the product, it has many bugs, and some unfinished features but my over all impression, it is “awesome”
Indeed no good name choice for the german-speaking market
Doesn’t wix mean wicked? anyways it sounds interesting