{"id":1152,"date":"2017-11-15T23:39:28","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T23:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.defineweb.co.nz\/?page_id=1152"},"modified":"2017-11-26T07:27:06","modified_gmt":"2017-11-26T07:27:06","slug":"website-platforms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.defineweb.co.nz\/website-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Website Platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WordPress<br \/>\n<\/strong>WordPress is one of the most widely used website platforms, meaning a lot of people know how to develop wordpress website and there is a huge online community for support. Back when it first launched it was promoted as a blogging platform, but now it can be used for brochure websites, booking websites and even ecommerce.<br \/>\nSome reasons to pick wordpress is because of the great SEO apps, even if your not an SEO master you can easily implement SEO techniques easily with this platform. WordPress also has a whole word of plug-in options, also known as extensions. They include booking functionality, contact forms, polling and rating applications. WordPress is a free platform, but there can sometimes be monthly costs for WordPress plug-ins, website hosting and domains.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shopify<\/strong><br \/>\nShopify is one of our favorite online store platforms. It is so easy to use, to learn how to manage a shopify website there are a dozen short youtube video clips that you can watch then you will be ready to start managing your own online store.<br \/>\nBecause the back end management system is already set up with all of the features you need for process orders, making new coupon codes etc., we focus on designing the front end of the website to make sure it has the right look for your store.<br \/>\nShopify has an ongoing cost starting at US$29 a month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopify.com\/?ref=define-web\">click here<\/a> to learn more.<br \/>\n<strong>BigCommerce<\/strong><br \/>\nBigCommerce is another platform that specializes in online stores. It is pre-setup with common ecommerce features so it is really quick and easy to setup. We can easily customize BigCommerce stores to provide you with a unique and professional look.<br \/>\nBigCommerce also have ongoing cost starting at $24.95, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigcommerce.com\/pricing\">click here<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress WordPress is one of the most widely used website platforms, meaning a lot of people know how to develop wordpress website and there is a huge online community for support. Back when it first launched it was promoted as a blogging platform, but now it can be used for brochure websites, booking websites and&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defineweb.co.nz\/website-platforms\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Website Platforms<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.defineweb.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1152"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.defineweb.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.defineweb.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.defineweb.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.defineweb.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1152"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.defineweb.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1231,"href":"https:\/\/www.defineweb.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1152\/revisions\/1231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.defineweb.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}