This document compares different content management system (CMS) delivery models and site building platforms. It provides quick tours of four hosted sitebuilder options - Flavours.me, Weebly, Squarespace, and Drupal Gardens - comparing their learning curves, costs, features, and limitations. It concludes by noting trends toward more customization, mobile support, and internationalization in CMS platforms.

1. Montreal Girl Geeks – April 2011 1 Hosted Sitebuilders

2. Intro CMS Delivery Models Choosing a Solution Quick Tours Flavours.me Weebly Squarespace Drupal Gardens Conclusion

3. CMS Delivery Models DESKTOP PUBLISHERS HOSTED SITEBUILDERS (SaaS) PLATFORMS InDesign FrontPage Sitebuilder Drupal Joomla WordPress.org eZ Publish …+100s Weebly Squarespace Drupal Gardens WordPress.com …+12s

4. How to Choose a Solution Strategy Features Budget Barrier of Entry Learning Curve Maintenance Investment Interface Bias

5. Quick Tours Flavours.me Aggregator Learning Curve: None Free or $20/year for own domain & more features Simple feed aggregation & style-editing 98% Dynamic content Easy interim solution

6. Quick Tours Weebly - 2006 Learning Curve: Low Free or Pro (different subscriptions, same features) Custom domain starts at: $2.99/month Password Protection (global) HTML & CSS editing Easy e-commerce integration (Paypal or Google Checkout) Global Publishing Mobile site version Archive download & Style export Solid in-line previews Proprietary

7. Quick Tours Squarespace - 2003 Learning Curve: Med Cost: No free option (trial only) 3 plan levels Discount for multiple sites (15-25% off) Up to 6 audiences with granular permissions Granular & scheduled publishing (default is disabled) Great previews & bulk ZIP photo upload to galleries Sophisticated theme editing, page-specific themes/headers Mobile app for editing & stats Strong customer support Proprietary, export options only for journal & CSS

8. Quick Tours Drupal Gardens - 2010 Learning Curve: High Cost: free or 4 paid options for more features & own domain Export entire site, including users, content & style Easy multi-site management with duplicate function ($) Based on OSS with strong development community More internationalization (but not perfect) Sophisticated theme editing Dynamic content previews limited Publish/unpublishoptions but no auto-publish at future date

9. Want Options? 17M Wordpress 6M Webs.com4M Wix.com 3M Weebly.com1M Squarespace.com450k Webstarts.com350k Yola.com300k Moonfruit.com130k Webnode.com40k Drupalgardens.com 30k Snappages.com30k Virb.com30k Doodlekit.com20k Sitekreator.com? Sites.google.com ? Homestead.com ? Jimdo.com ? Virb.com ? Bandzoogle.com ? Edicy.com ? Webnode.com ...and many more!

10. Coming Up… More Facebookification (Like, FB Comments) More design/styling options More widgets, plug-ins, apps & customization App stores Better e-commerce solutions More mobile & tablet support Site management on-the-go Front-end mobile versions More sophisticated internationalization Watch out for Drupal Gardens & Edicy

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