Weebly
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| Developer(s) | David Rusenko Dan Veltri Chris Fanini |
| Stable release | Beta |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Website creation |
| Website | Weebly.com |
Weebly is a free webpage creation site, funded by micro-seed fund Y Combinator. It uses a widget style format, allowing users to create pages with only a few clicks. The user drags and drops different page elements (such as images, text, and Google Maps) onto a page and fills in the content. It competes with Yola (formerly Synthasite), Jimdo, Webs, uCoz, Wix and other web hosting and creation sites [1]. The site was originally created by David Rusenko, Dan Veltri, and Chris Fanini, all of whom attended Penn State for an undergraduate degree.[2] It was named by Time Magazine as number four of the fifty best websites of 2007.[3]
In June 2008, Weebly added the WeeblyPro feature, allowing users to create password-protected pages and upgrade file size limits, as well as receive additional support services. [4] As recently as October 2008, Weebly has become compatible with Safari and Google Chrome in addition to its existing compatibility to Internet Explorer and Firefox. [5]
Criticism
Since it is built on its own platform, Weebly cannot take advantage of pre-existing plugins from other popular blogging engines. [6] In December 2008 Weebly reached 1 million users. It released several new templates but at the same time received criticism for not realising the biggest feature request from users: the ability to edit or upload the CSS/HTML of the web pages. [7]. Responding to this request, on February 26, 2009 Weebly released the ability to edit the CSS and HTML of any site[8].
References
- ↑ Kincaid, Jason. (June 10, 2008). "Weebly Adds AdSense Support For Drag And Drop Cash." TechCrunch. Retrieved May 14, 2009.
- ↑ Levy, Stephen. "A Boot Camp for the Next Tech Millionares." Newsweek. Retrieved on May 14, 2007
- ↑ Weebly.com - 50 Best Websites 2007. Time. Retrieved on October 29, 2007.
- ↑ Adewumi, David (June 10, 2008). Weebly, a simple web page creator, launches AdSense feature and pro accounts. VentureBeat. Retrieved on November 2, 2008.
- ↑ Weebly Staff (October 13, 2008. Safari/Chrome compatibility, Nabble forums, and more. Weebly. Retrieved on October 29, 2008.
- ↑ Gonzalez, Nick (May 9, 2007). Weebly Launches Blog Platform, Closes $650K Investment. TechCrunch. Retrieved on October 13, 2008.
- ↑ http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/03/weebly-scores-1-million-users-reaches-profitability/
- ↑ http://blog.weebly.com/2/post/2009/02/announcing-custom-themes.html
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