iPage – Using Weebly to Build Your Website
In the previous tutorial, I created a sub-domain on the primary domain in my iPage web hosting account. I’m now going to use Weebly to build a demo website on that sub-domain.
I login to my iPage control panel, go to Domains and click on Weebly. I then select the sub-domain from the drop-down list of domains on my hosting account and click the Create Basic Site button.
And what happened after that? Nothing. I kept clicking the button and nothing happened. I thought maybe it can’t be installed on a sub-domain so I submitted a support ticket. They said it installs fine on a sub-domain. Hmm, it’s gotta be one of those Internet Explorer things again.
Long story, here’s the short version. Several years ago I bought a new Dell PC just before Windows Vista was to be released so my computer came with XP Pro. When I got the upgrade CD I should have thrown it in the garbage. That brand new computer’s never been the same since. Do NOT EVER upgrade your operating system.
Ok, let’s try something else. I then opened Safari and tried it again. This time it worked without any problems.
The Drag n Drop templates are pretty cool looking. Actually better than I expected. The Elements like text boxes, image galleries, YouTube videos and such just drag right onto the page. I also included some AdSense ads with the HTML element.
When you drag the elements onto the page, they go single file down the page. That was annoying because I wanted some text on the left with a YouTube video on the right. I finally figured out that you have to drag the 2-column element onto the page and then drag the text box into one column and the video into the other. SO much better!
Here’s my http://weebly.ezexample.com website. Not too bad for a start.
Here’s a short video showing how easy it is to build a website with the iPage Drag n Drop website builder.
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