Various Sites Discussed in Class

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Sites and Resources Discussed in Class

Content Management Systems

Easy (Hosted):

www.weebly.com Links to an external site.

www.wix.com Links to an external site.

www.webs.com Links to an external site.

Widely Used:

Wordpress (open source, usually installed on your site)

Somewhat more flexible for complex functionality:

Drupal

Joomla

eCommerce/Stores

www.shopify.com Links to an external site.

www.bigcommerce.com Links to an external site.

Domain Names

www.lingzini.com Links to an external site.

www.dynadot.com Links to an external site. (domain registrar)

www.sedo.com Links to an external site. (domain market)

Graphic Design

www.crowdspring.com Links to an external site.

www.99designs.com Links to an external site.

Outsourcing more Generally

www.odesk.com Links to an external site.

www.elance.com Links to an external site.

www.peopleperhour.com Links to an external site.

Wireframing - Site Architecture - Prototyping - App Prototyping

www.justinmind.com Links to an external site. (particularly for cross-platform apps)

www.mybalsamiq.com Links to an external site.

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www.proto.io  Links to an external site.

www.keynotopia.com Links to an external site.

Programming Elements (CSS, Javascript, etc.)

www.getbootstrap.com Links to an external site.

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Payment Processing

www.stripe.com Links to an external site.

www.paypal.com Links to an external site. (Paypal buttons)

www.amazon.com Links to an external site. (Amazon checkout/payments)

Hosting

Amazon Web Services

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

http://moz.com/beginners-guide-to-seo Links to an external site.

Web Marketing

Pretty good thread on Quora on driving traffic to a site. Links to an external site.

Competitive Analysis

Site Traffic

Alexa.com Links to an external site.

Quantcast.com Links to an external site.

Technology

Builtwith.com Links to an external site.