As seen in the screenshot above the "free" hosted web developer tools have improved markedly. This is an example of the Wix ADI- Advance Design Innovation tool that was used to generate a complete SPA-Single Page App with Home, About, Services, and Blog pages with unique Header and Footer layout and look. .
Even better ADI is highly customizable as users can repeat operations like section design, style choices including fonts and colors, layout formatting, etc. Wix also has a robust Editor which allows users to make more extensive changes and add specific features not available in the ADI tool. But there is a downside to using the Wix Editor- once users have edited an ADI generated website in the Wix Editor, it can no longer be customized in ADI.
.Weebly has templates that users can use as a point of departure. Weebly helps users to edit and customize the template design to meet their specific needs.Weebly has about 2 dozen free Wix Editor apps that can be added
Surprisingly, WordPress.com free hosted sites are dependent on the use of themes where there is widely varying support for UI tools, layout editing and style formating. WordPress.com still does not have a standard features, drag and drop editor like in Wix or Weebly.
However, like its comeptitors, WordPress.com has a whole raft of charges for extra "features" like domain name support, bandwidth usage, storage space, and premium theme use. So one of the tasks of using a "free" Website builder is to determine what extra costs you will need to incur to get the website completely operational.
This trend towrds advanced Webste Design tools in free hosted environs is covered at ImagenatioIT and theOpenSourcery.com
Even better ADI is highly customizable as users can repeat operations like section design, style choices including fonts and colors, layout formatting, etc. Wix also has a robust Editor which allows users to make more extensive changes and add specific features not available in the ADI tool. But there is a downside to using the Wix Editor- once users have edited an ADI generated website in the Wix Editor, it can no longer be customized in ADI.
.Weebly has templates that users can use as a point of departure. Weebly helps users to edit and customize the template design to meet their specific needs.Weebly has about 2 dozen free Wix Editor apps that can be added
Surprisingly, WordPress.com free hosted sites are dependent on the use of themes where there is widely varying support for UI tools, layout editing and style formating. WordPress.com still does not have a standard features, drag and drop editor like in Wix or Weebly.
However, like its comeptitors, WordPress.com has a whole raft of charges for extra "features" like domain name support, bandwidth usage, storage space, and premium theme use. So one of the tasks of using a "free" Website builder is to determine what extra costs you will need to incur to get the website completely operational.
This trend towrds advanced Webste Design tools in free hosted environs is covered at ImagenatioIT and theOpenSourcery.com