About Us
Pros
The pro of using a GoDaddy web-based website builder is the ability to quickly put a website together via a ready-made theme and page layout options. Each section comes with a premade layout - all you have to do is swap out text and images. All layouts are of course mobile friendly and beautiful.
As with everything, our greatest strength is our greatest weakness. The GoDaddy web-based website builder lacks flexibility outside of what is already provided in terms of ready-made layout options.
But, I do like it as an alternative to WordPress if you must maintain control of your own website.
Cons
The cons of using GoDaddy website-builder are that at the end of the day, it is not so much template based or even difficult to learn but that it is still a web-based website builder.
You are relying on GoDaddy, as a host, to be a powerful fast secure host with customer service that is second to none. In addition, as easy as it is to use, it still has a learning curve to maximize its potential. You have better things to do.
Last, as a web-based website builder, if you ever choose to change hosts due to dissatisfaction, you have to start over and rebuild the site from scratch.
Getting Started
First things first: Sign up...
In your GoDaddy account, after you’ve created a domain name, sign up for a GoDaddy website via this link: https://www.godaddy.com/websites/website-builder
- Click Start for FREE
- Choose Category for your website (you will be shown appropriate themes)
- Name you site
- Choose plan (can continue for free)
From your website editor, you can choose a new theme, add / edit pages, and choose settings. But before we get into editing of the website, let’s look at the “dashboard”.