alanc - 11:32 am on Jun 15, 2007 (gmt 0)

Hi,

Some interest points raised here and I'll try to addresss them in terms of where I was coming from with the initial post

What is a website builder. I first read that and thought to myself. Eveyone knows what it is but on reflection it is a good point. What is it. Is it just a CMS or is it more. Is it a DIY solution or something else. I guess it is different things to different people.

Lets say for now its a solution that allows a website to be built and ignore who needs to do the building.

rocknbil is correct. The traditional small business user needs to focus on their business not on learing tools to build a website. They may have been burnt before or they may not see the benefit of a website.

So then what do they want. They want someone to build it for them but possibly to make some minor changes or.... What about a solution that they can make their own changes and it is so intuative that it doesnt require training or help files. Now wouldn't that be something. That goes back to aspdaddies comment about ease of use.

What the purpose of a website for a business owner. Its to add value. Its to increase sales, reduce calls (by providing bbasic information) etc. If a site doesnt confirm to the latest standard but renders fine on the major browsers isnt that acceptable. Once you achieve quality, fast, AND cheap as rocknbill says isn't that the goal.

I agree its nigh on impossible to get all three right now bit if you could then what. Do you need an all singing all dancing shopping cart? I dont think so. 80% of users use about only 20% of functionality software.

So based on the above, from a business ownsers perspective, not a designers or website builders what would you want to happen.

Do you want someone to build it for you.
Do you want to be able to update anything? Even news for example
What is a key feature
What would make you move if you had an outdated website?

I welcome the feedback.

Thanks
Alan