Comments on: Slick Website Builder SnapPages Gets A Big Upgrade

By: imroz

imroz — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:45:11 +0000

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By: MS

MS — Mon, 11 May 2009 05:28:08 +0000

Snappages shouldn’t have never gotten out of beta when they did. I started out on snappages in beta and while I thought it was good, it did lack functions and now more website themes and a blogging tool, I think it’s great it’s coming such a long way and gaining the exposure it deserves. But honestly, I don’t think it’s ready for a paid service since it is still buggy.

But I suppose if he never started charging people he wouldn’t have been able to make it what it is today. It’s still a good service for people that want to create a stylish, easy design to keep up with. Especially without paying the fees of an actual web designer. $50 a year isn’t so bad.

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By: DJ Jones

DJ Jones — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:15:48 +0000

Found another slick website builder you guys forgot to mention: Devhub.com. Check out the music video site I was able to create on it. And like how they have revenue streams easily integrated.

By: Sanjay

Sanjay — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:51:18 +0000

Please try opnes.com. Similar type of site with lots of Features like e-commerce.

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By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:17:55 +0000

This is one of the best looking and functional sites to come out in a long time. It will never beat a true web design professional’s work, but if you want to make some simple pages for your school team, your hobby, etc. few sites or programs will come close to this.

This looks like it would fit nicely into Apple’s iLife/iWork online portfolio.

By: Mike Power

Mike Power — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:38:56 +0000

You say: “it assumes that the masses will achieve complex, incredible looking sites.”

No it doesn’t! That’s a ludicrous claim to make. The vast majority of websites are very simple places where people post some text, images and, possibly video/music. This service is not aimed at business users and is not intended to supplant professional web design. It isn’t aimed at people who want to make “complex, incredible looking sites” (a very small proportion of web users in any case).

There are very many large, popular websites out there that do not meet the kinds of web and accessibility standards you demand. There are very good reasons why that is so. It’s not a perfect world but guess what? It doesn’t need to be.
The idea that a user needs to know anything about typography or colour theory in order to set up a decent looking site is complete and utter rubbish. And as was pointed out in this piece, Snappages tries to avoid the creation of ugly sites by limiting customization.

So, get off your high horse, untwist your knickers and let people who want to use this service do so without being villified and patronised by those of you who think you are somehow better than everyone else.

By: Arshad Syed

Arshad Syed — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:35:01 +0000

What’s all the fuss about? Use these software for website prototyping – beats learning cryptic tools!

By: hami

hami — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:10:02 +0000

Cool.. http://hami.snappages.com . Thank you.

By: chris

chris — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:09:35 +0000

I think the biggest problem I will always have with these type of sites is that it assumes that the masses will achieve complex, incredible looking sites.

I think Steve’s challenge is to overcome the Homer Simpson hurdle and communicate layout selection, color theory, typography choices, accessibility (yes, ukdavo, it IS very important whether you care or not), etc.

Honestly, I don’t feel threatened as a designer/developer like a lot of people do. These tools just encourage mediocre designs from the ignorant people who view this as a hobby. While, they can be satisfied with “good enough” it never will be “professional enough”.

By: kripken

kripken — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:04:26 +0000

Sure thing, I’ll use your feedback form on your website.

By: Steve Testone

Steve Testone — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:17:57 +0000

We have a lot of people using the site, and I’ve never had anyone report the issue you are having, so could you contact me and give me some more details?

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By: kripken

kripken — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 08:23:01 +0000

Looks like it has a lot of potential, but at least for me it is too buggy to use. I’m on Firefox on Linux, perhaps that has something to do with it. (But if this doesn’t work on all platforms, then how can I trust the websites I create will work for everyone visiting them – which is an absolute must?)

For example, in the editor and the control panel, almost all pages appear ‘empty’, until I click in them and then press something on the keyboard.

Worse, editing pages doesn’t accept keyboard input – dragging stuff with the mouse is fine, but entering text doesn’t work at all.

By: ukdavo

ukdavo — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 07:52:50 +0000

I think that you take yourself too seriously. I’m sure that businesses manage just fine without doctypes & h1 tags. While I agree that webstandards are a good thing, making such zealous comments don’t really help.

By: Tony Mars

Tony Mars — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 07:05:35 +0000

For a live example (screenshot pictured above) of what SnapPages and their new blogging tool is capable of producing visit http://www.Mindovo.com/blog

By: Jick

Jick — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:48:38 +0000

Featured site:

http://churchatbeecave.com/

- Missing DOCTYPE
- We invite you to join us in serving during the week – there is a H1 tag you know

Services like this are bad for accessibility and webstandards but they don’t tell you that. Just like anywhere else, get the right tools for a job and get the right people to implement those tools (there are many open source CMSes).

You don’t build your own site with a tool like this if you take yourself or your business serious.

By: Mohammad Afaq

Mohammad Afaq — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:40:01 +0000

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By: A

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:44:50 +0000

Just signed up for an account and played around. It’s really easy to use and very cool!

By: Peter Urban

Peter Urban — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:32:06 +0000

I was thinking of putting a personal web site together this year. Maybe this will help to actually make it happen.

By: Mike Tan

Mike Tan — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:23:11 +0000

I love how intuitive the site is. Is it possible to embed AdSense and ads?