WIXx

WIX.com

CIS 282 Class Demo

Walid

Zaman

What is Wix.com


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It is a free DIY website publishing platform

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It lets users build innovative HTML 5
websites without any coding knowledge
or the need to use any plug
-
ins

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You do not need to be a world class web
designer to create your own state of the
art HTML 5 website with Wix.com

http://www.wix.com/create/website/html/
most
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popular/web/1

Signing up


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It is free and very simple to do

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Takes less than a minute

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There are premium packages available if
you want your own domain name

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Initial free domain names in the form:

www.
username
.
wix.com/
sitename

Premium


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Mostly for small to medium businesses or
for e
-
commerce purposes

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Offers more storage and bandwidth

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Allows use of Google Analytics

Popularity



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Added more users after HTML5
introduction


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More than 1 million new websites were
created in 90 days after this addition

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Currently has more than 20 million users

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Company was started in 2006 with only
flash compatibility but now has more
features with HTML 5


Creating


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Has more than 170 stunning templates to
choose from

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You can even create from scratch with a
blank template

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The editor is user friendly and fun, with
many customization options


There are options to add widgets, tags,
and
facebook

links to increase website
popularity

HTML 5



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This is the feature that sets WIX apart from the
many other website building platforms

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It is the newest version of the popular HTML
standard for web design

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It is being used as an alternative to flash,
meaning more accessibility on devices like
the iPhone, where flash is not compatible

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By 2013
-
14, 70% of businesses will switch to
HTML 5


Competition


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Sites like
Weebly
, another website creator,
are popular

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But has fewer templates


And has not integrated HTML 5 yet

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WIX has a SEO (Search engine
optimization) to make your website more
visible on web searches by adding tags,
keywords and descriptions

A look at WIX

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http://
www.wix.com/support/main/html5/
getting
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started/video
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tutorials
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step
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step
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help

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Getting started

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Editor

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Apps

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Social

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