[Ciutchism]

I use blogger and heavily modify it into a website. A friend uses wix. We want to step it up and use actual website creation. Not much coding (he has no coding experience in anyway, but I have a bit). His website that I now take apart in developing is in wix. We want to get some hosting, but first we want a legitimate website. Should we just go to tpb and get dreamweaver? What's a good creation website/software that is free that we can use to simply create websites for free and then host using godaddy or w/e?

[Exemplification]

Dreamweaver isn't worth the bandwidth to download it.
If you do require a WYSIWYG editor your best bet it to use the site creation tools found at places like Wix and GoDaddy.

If you want to get into actually making something worthwhile your editor doesn't really matter. You'll need to learn the languages to produce the site you want. You can use any text editor for HTML/CSS/JS.

[CodeJack]

Don't get Dreamweaver, it's a waste of money imo.
If you want to use drag n drop:
- use yolasite
- use wordpress
- use wix premium
If you want to actualy code your website:
Note that it will take pretty long time to make your site look as good as those wix sites (1-2 months at least)
It will look like CRAP in the beginning unless you snich another template
You actually have to write the index.html and templates.css along with javascript.
If you are really interested in getting into bare coding.. use
- godaddy webhosting
- nfoservers webhosting

[Ciutchism]

Dreamweaver isn't worth the bandwidth to download it.
If you do require a WYSIWYG editor your best bet it to use the site creation tools found at places like Wix and GoDaddy.

If you want to get into actually making something worthwhile your editor doesn't really matter. You'll need to learn the languages to produce the site you want. You can use any text editor for HTML/CSS/JS.

I am looking to use a WYSIWYG editor. Wix requires flash, which I think is pretty annoying. Slows load times and no mobile support at all.

Don't get Dreamweaver, it's a waste of money imo.
If you want to use drag n drop:
- use yolasite
- use wordpress
- use wix premium
If you want to actualy code your website:
Note that it will take pretty long time to make your site look as good as those wix sites (1-2 months at least)
It will look like CRAP in the beginning unless you snich another template
You actually have to write the index.html and templates.css along with javascript.
If you are really interested in getting into bare coding.. use
- godaddy webhosting
- nfoservers webhosting

I had thought you have to buy packages for wordpress? Pay money to even create a website or to host it on godaddy. I know some coding, but he knows none. That's why I'm looking for a "drag and drop" editor, but also some more options so I can go in and add my own html when I want to.

[dkoder]

Go with WordPress for the blogging website.

Its best & we can make it seo friendly.

[SIM-2005107]

You can also grab some HTML templates from Themeforest and edit them.

[Ciutchism]

Doesn't wordpress cost money for hosting?

[Hosanna]

Doesn't wordpress cost money for hosting?

the software is free, the only cost is if when you host your blog on their server

[SawCyanic]

I am looking to use a WYSIWYG editor. Wix requires flash, which I think is pretty annoying. Slows load times and no mobile support at all.

If you want a decent WYSIWYG editor, you can check out WebFlow. They allow for you to insert your own code into their editor aswell.

You can also check out Google Web Designer.

[elementslayer]

Use Webdyo. Fresh and clean

[Squito]

Since you say you have near none coding experience I'd say stay away from Dreamweaver. It's a great tool if you use it as a text editor, but not good as a wysiwyg editor. You should take a look at Artisteer.

[~$ocio]

Wordpress, you would be amazed on how advanced and easy it is. Some websites you visit all the time are Wordpress and you wouldn't even know it!

[Ciutchism]

I'll check out wordpress when I get home from work. I'm assuming I can find a template design as a base and build from there. I do have basic html experience but mostly just modifying code.