Site Publisher is NOT a Website Builder

Recently I was looking for a new web host, so I contacted live chat to get some information about the website builder this host was offering with their hosting plan. I won't mention this host by name but their live chat operator told me the sitebuilder they offered was called 'Site Publisher'. They then proceeded to tell me how good it was and I had a choice of templates and it was fully customizable.

First off, let me say, Site Publisher is in no way shape or form a sitebuilder. Yes, you can publish a web page but it's not something a business nor personal site owner would be proud of. All this app is capable of is producing a temporary page while you're building an actual site.

There is a choice of 12 single page templates covering different categories. 
Then there are 10 pre-defined fields that you can fill in:

1) Business name
2) Tag line
3) Description header
4) Description (Describe your business)
5) Address
6) Phone number
7) Fax number
8) Email address
9) Business hours
10) Business hours notes 

Then you can add your Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn links and Google map URL.

Now, I have to say, I have used Site Publisher and it does beat an 'Under Construction' page, but not by much. It is extremely basic and does not allow for any editing other than filling in the fields mentioned above. 

This post is a warning for those hunting for a sitebuilder provided by a web host and is not familiar with Site Publisher. If your looking for an app that is capable of producing a full blown, fully customizable website, Site Publisher is definitely not it.

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