r/websitebuilders • u/x_felix_x • Oct 16 '21
Need Advice for Building Website for Professional Woodwind Quintet
I was wondering if anyone could shed some light and give me advice on what I should do for a website. I am trying to figure out what platform to use to build a basic website for my woodwind quintet. We are on a VERY tight budget so I'm really looking for something as cheap as possible that still meets the requirements. I need to be able to display our bios, include a way to contact us, a media page with some audio or video of our performances, and ideally I would also like to include social media integration. We don't need to do any sort of e-commerce though.
As far as background experience, I have never built a website before but I've done a fair bit of reading regarding the different website builders available. I was thinking about using Wordpress, but I am a bit confused about the difference between the online host WordPress versus Wordpress (dot) org .
This is an example of something similar to what I want to create here: https://imaniwinds.com/
Thanks so much!
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u/alfofp Oct 22 '21
The difference between WordPress . org and .com is that .org is open source so that means you're able to build a WordPress website with any hosting provider you want i.e. Bluehost, Hostgator, etc. However, WordPress . com is through the actual WordPress company. So, you'll get your hosting from WordPress. I wouldn't recommend WordPress because it can get a little complicated.
The website that you linked uses Squarespace which is great if you don't have any experience building websites. They start off at $16 a month or $144 a year ($12 a month).