Review of Moonfruit - a very cool website creator
74Create sites with no html knowledge!
I've used website creation tools such as www.freewebs.com and www.weebly.com but neither gave me complete control of modifications to the site design. So I did an exhaustive search for a good website creation tool and found Moonfruit (link - www.moonfruit.com). I think this website creator is the best out there. The main difference is the flexibility in changing the site design. The layout of the site is controlled by a Page Master and it works similar to a master template in Powerpoint (changes appear throughout the site).
They call their site creation tool Sitemaker. It is completely flash-based so there is no custom html allowed, they get around this negative by offering various objects that can be used with your site such as a photo gallery, mp3 jukebox, and comment widgets.Every piece of your site design is made of drag and drop objects so you simply click on an object such as a text box and you're able to move it around the page. The organization of the navigation menu and pages is handled very easily in the site as well.
Hosting is free is you don't mind the Google Adsense ads that show up around the site. If you want to have an ad-free site then you simply pay $4.50 a month for hosting.
I highly recommend Moonfruit for any basic informational website. For any sites needing a more robust CMS then I would recommend Joomla.Nothing out there beats Moonfruit for easy website design for basic websites.
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good.zfm
I was hesitant to try moonfruit, but after reading this I'm going to try
I never heard of moonfruit. I'll try it out. Have you ever heard of Webstarts? I wrote a review on it as well http://hubpages.com/hub/Free-Website-Builder-and-H
They're flash-based. That means you can't view their websites on iphones or ipads. They've recently announced that their switching to html 5... they're only like a year behind everyone else. Sucky.
Web.com or SetMySite.com are better options in my opinion. Hell, even Homestead is more practical from a SEO and mobile standpoint.
MagicStarER 2 years ago
How interesting that you wrote about Moonfruit. I was just looking at them a coupld of days ago. I thought they looked pretty decent - and they have an affiliate program, too.
Have you checked out DevHub? You can make 10 free, monetized, complete web sites for free, with free hosting over there - you make money from the ads DevHub puts on your pages, plus all the money from your own affiliate ads, plus 10% of your referrals' earnings! It is awesome!
Here is my review: http://websitesfreeforbeginners.blogspot.com/2009/