Roger - <br><br>I concur. I use the basic and free <a href="http://weebly.com">weebly.com</a> for a couple of my web sites and have found it to be simple and versatile - and I like that you can add images / blogs/ video / sound etc. All the pages load very fast compared to Wix when I had a web site there a couple of years ago.  I know weebly has a &quot;storefront&quot; feature that you can use for business / payments but I&#39;ve never used that - so I&#39;m not sure how useful it would be for a museum. I know that the pro-version has more features and functionality.<br>

<br>Cheers!<br>Dave<br><br>David Harvey<br>Senior Conservator &amp; Museum Consultant<br>Los Angeles CA<br><a href="http://www.cityofangelsconservation.weebly.com">www.cityofangelsconservation.weebly.com</a><br><br><br><br>

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<div><font face="Arial">Greetings Lissa,</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"></font> </div>
<div><font face="Arial">I have noted the replies to your request from other 
people on the list.  Their recommendations have inlcuded Drupal, Wordpress 
etc.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">As one who has been in the IT / Web site game for 
the past 15 years or so, and who has built sites on these platforms 
and many others, I would thoroughly recommend that you use the free platform 
Weebly. <a href="http://www.weebly.com" target="_blank">www.weebly.com</a> </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"></font> </div>
<div><font face="Arial">In fact, as a digital consultant I even use it 
myself -  <a href="http://www.thedigitalconsultant.biz" target="_blank">www.thedigitalconsultant.biz</a> 
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<div><font face="Arial"></font> </div>
<div><font face="Arial">I have changed most of my other sites from static 
html (built and hosted on servers) to the Cloud-based Weebly platform. Example 
(<a href="http://www.worldlense.com" target="_blank">www.worldlense.com</a>)</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"></font> </div>
<div><font face="Arial">Weebly has all the functionality you need, you 
can access it from anywhere, you need virtually no technical skill to build and 
maintain it and you don&#39;t have to worry about server hosting etc.  You can 
simply embed Paypal donation code in the site, show galleries of colection 
exhibits, embed social media and there are many other standrad features you 
can take advantage of.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"></font> </div>
<div><font face="Arial">Basically everything you need  
:-)</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">wamest best wishes</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">Roger<br></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">Director - Global Museum - <a href="http://www.globalmuseum.org" target="_blank">www.globalmuseum.org</a> </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">TheDigitlaConsultant - <a href="http://www.thedigitalconsultant.biz" target="_blank">www.thedigitalconsultant.biz</a> 
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  <div style="FONT:10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> [MUSEUM-L] Website building 
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  <div><br></div>Hi folks,<br><br>I&#39;m building a web site from the ground up for 
  a small, community museum with no staff.  What do you recommend?  
  They need something that is easy to maintain, free, and can support things 
  like Paypal donations or purchases, be a drop for cookbook submissions, and 
  supply basic static information.  It would be nice if it could eventually 
  handle more complex actions, like video shorts.  I think I&#39;m looking for 
  a range right now, with simple maintenance as the primary goal and future 
  flexibility as optimal.  What has been working for all of you?<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>
  <p><span style="COLOR:rgb(0,153,0)"><font color="#666600">-L.</font></span></p>
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