Moonfruit Website Builder Reviewed by gat3way Mon 20 Oct 08 Moonfruit's website builder is a simple to use and very clear.It is a flash based website builder. There is no jargon for the non technical, instead you are presented with a simple interface that lets you start by picking the design you want from a range of theme templates. They say they have up to 4000 themes for you to choose from. Next, if you want to, you can choose the pages you want to include from a prese e.g. if your site is for an event, you select Event/Party and the pages - welcome, party news, party pictures, video clips and contact us are created automatically. This is a great help to new website builders as it reduces the number of decisions you have to make and gains you time.
 Your next step is to choose your sites name. You can opt for a free site name under the moonfruit banner. e.g. www.BarrysGuitars.moonfruit.com and enter some information that will help google and other search engines categorise your site.
One more click and you are presented with your website, ready for you to input your information.
Moonfruits Site Maker lets you add images, music, text and new pages to your site easily from a simple toolbar at the top. Or you can just click on any item on your page to edit it e.g. click on a video box to insert one of you videos.
Pros:
The elegance and simplicity of website building in Moonfruit cannot be matched by any other system I have seen or reviewed. (probably why they have 5 star review from 2 top website magazines)
You are not confronted by too many confusing choices and steps but instead, unlike most website builders the process has been reduced to the minimum number of steps and you also edit your websites design visually. i.e. you can see the page you are editing and enter information directly into it.
Moonfruit also has the best templates I have seen in a website builder. The templates and themes I have seen on most online website builders do not match what you can get from a dedicated designer, but these look jut as good as a website designers work, though some are pretty basic in appearance.
Cons: If I am to be picky, the only thing negative I can find is that being Flash based, some sites may take longer to load and there could be SEO issues.
Conclusion:
Moonfruit's website maker lets you use a highly sophisticated website builder hidden behind a simple interface to build your website rapidly and easily without any technical knowledge. You can truly build a basic site in 5 minutes. | | Click the image below to access a FREE trial or purchase Moonfruit Website Builder:
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