What Different Types of Websites can I Choose From?

With so many different companies offering website design and website development services, and each one calling their product something different or using different services and tools, the entire idea of creating your company website can seem a little daunting at times.

Don’t worry!

There is no need to waste time worrying about what type of website you need or what type of website is best for your business, because there are really only two different types of websites:

1. Standard Website

A standard website is built using plain HTML or XHTML and CSS and maybe some additional coding types such as Flash, JavaScript, Drupal, or PHP. It is the typical type of brochure style, sales website you think of when you think of a business website.

Typically, HTML editing software such as Dreamweaver is needed to make changes and update the site. Usually a webmaster or website designer is in charge of making all of the updates for the business. This style website is typically a more static site, not changing very often. In some cases content management systems like Joomla can be integrated to allow the user to edit the site themselves.

2. Blogsite

A blog site is the combination of a website (pages) and a blog (posts). This site is a sample of a blogsite. The blog feature can be on the home page of the site, or like this site, on an interior or sub page. There are platforms online that allow you to create a blogsite like WordPress, Blogger, and Typepad. Some blog platforms can be integrated into custom, self hosted websites as well.

Blogs are becoming increasingly popular due to their strong search engine optimization features, flexibility, and content management systems that allow uses to update their own websites themselves at anytime.

Some people refer to the type of content management system used in a website as the type of website. When in reality, it is instead a feature of a website. As mentioned above, some popular options for content management systems are WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla.

Bourn Creative offers the integration of the WordPress CMS WordPress into our Websites. WordPress is our content management system of choice because with WordPress, you can update your website anytime you want without knowing any HTML! It is easy to use, effective, and when used properly can yield massive results for your marketing efforts!

Basically, if you can dream it, we can create it with WordPress.

NOTE: mass-hosted blogsites are hosted with the blog system and usually include their name in the domain. An example of a hosted blog site is: www.yourdomain.wordpress.com. Self-hosted blogsites on the other hand, are hosted in your own hosting account with a web host like Dream Host, Go Daddy, and Blue Host. An example of a self hosted blog domain is: www.yourdomain.com.