What is website builder?
A website builder is a special tool which allows you to create your webpage easily without knowledge of HTML. It is similar to website creation software, but it differs in three major points:
- It is used thru the Internet, not on your local computer. Usually a website builder is a set of special web pages which contain toll to create your own website. Therefre, you need to be logged in to The Internet in order to use the builder. It may also work slower that software you have on your hard disk, because the web pages need sime time to load.
- It is provided by your hosting company, and included with your hosting plan. The biggest advantage is that it automatically puts your web pages on the server. You don't have to bother yourself with uploading your files via FTP or other method.
- It has often more powerful and specialized capabilities than stand-alone software: it includes many pre-made website templates that you can use on your site, wizards that create a whole site or a part of it with just a button click, royalty-free graphics etc.
Nowadays many hosting providers offer an option to add a website builder capability to your site. They do it either for free (it's included in overall service fee) or for a small additional cost.
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