Hi Erin & Weebly Team Mates!

My name is Abby Campbell. I have been with Weebly for a few years now. Sad to say, but I started my first website nearly 10 years ago with Wordpress. It was the most excruciating pain I had ever gone through in building a website. After learning how to use it and publishing my first website, I was so proud. Then my first upgrade happened, and my website looked like a disaster! It literally took me three days or more to fix my website each time there was an upgrade as plugins weren't always updated with Wordpress' theme updates. It was so frustrating, and I felt like I was turning into a web designer - something I didn't wish to be.

Thankfully, I found Weebly! It is the most user-friendly platform for website building I have found throughout the years. I absolutely adore it! Sometimes, it doesn't have all the features I want. However, they are always updating which is really nice. Plus, I would rather forego those minor features for the ease of using Weebly. 

Currently, I have three websites with Weebly. Plus, my daughters are now using it for their own businesses. Following are my websites:

HookedOnPinball.com - I built this site almost two years ago for my husband's hobby of pinball games. My husband is now more internet savvy and can add and update products himself - thank goodness! This business has grown tremendously since I first published it, and it is doing very well for a part-time business. My husband's fans tell him how they love the site all the time. However, I know it needs updating which I plan to do late summer where I will change it to a responsive theme and add a bi-weekly blog. 

AbbyCampbellOnline.com - Originally, I built this site as an author media site where I sold my book and eBooks. Now, I let bookstores like Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble deal with mailing my book, and I have removed my eBooks as I'm rewriting several of them. Since I also contract with doctors and weight loss centers for my writing skills and meal plans, I use this site as a platform for new clients to get to know me. It needs updating, but I am focused on a new business right now in which I'm building another site. Therefore, it will have to wait.

911BodyResQ.com - Currently, I'm building a new website which will sell professional brand nutrition supplement for the alternative medicine community. Because I have 275+ brands, it is a long process - especially when I still have other endeavors. I have just put my writing business on hold while I build this new online business. I will publish once I have 10-12 brands built into the system and will most likely continue to build throughout the next couple of years. Many of my colleagues ask me why I don't use another platform that other supplement sites use. The reason is because they look awful and are so slow to process! I want my site to be beautiful and offer more than just products, and I know I can do that with Weebly. Also, I will be writting articles/blogs for this site for the holistic medicine community and hopefully it will attract people to my site to buy. My goal is to be the authority go-to for professional, natural, and organic supplements. I want this to be my full time business, but we shall see what the future holds.

I'm Michael, I have built for myself and helped with a couple of ministries web sites, I do have to say Weebly is much easier than some of the ones I worked with in the past.  I hope I can be of some help here.... maybe an eye of a old guy might see things a little different..... sometimes just following the lingo is impossible. Blessings to all.

www.RevMichael.org

Hi Erin & Weebly Team Mates!

My name is Abby Campbell. I have been with Weebly for a few years now. Sad to say, but I started my first website nearly 10 years ago with Wordpress. It was the most excruciating pain I had ever gone through in building a website. After learning how to use it and publishing my first website, I was so proud. Then my first upgrade happened, and my website looked like a disaster! It literally took me three days or more to fix my website each time there was an upgrade as plugins weren't always updated with Wordpress' theme updates. It was so frustrating, and I felt like I was turning into a web designer - something I didn't wish to be.

Thankfully, I found Weebly! It is the most user-friendly platform for website building I have found throughout the years. I absolutely adore it! Sometimes, it doesn't have all the features I want. However, they are always updating which is really nice. Plus, I would rather forego those minor features for the ease of using Weebly. 

Currently, I have three websites with Weebly. Plus, my daughters are now using it for their own businesses. Following are my websites:

HookedOnPinball.com - I built this site almost two years ago for my husband's hobby of pinball games. My husband is now more internet savvy and can add and update products himself - thank goodness! This business has grown tremendously since I first published it, and it is doing very well for a part-time business. My husband's fans tell him how they love the site all the time. However, I know it needs updating which I plan to do late summer where I will change it to a responsive theme and add a bi-weekly blog. 

AbbyCampbellOnline.com - Originally, I built this site as an author media site where I sold my book and eBooks. Now, I let bookstores like Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble deal with mailing my book, and I have removed my eBooks as I'm rewriting several of them. Since I also contract with doctors and weight loss centers for my writing skills and meal plans, I use this site as a platform for new clients to get to know me. It needs updating, but I am focused on a new business right now in which I'm building another site. Therefore, it will have to wait.

911BodyResQ.com - Currently, I'm building a new website which will sell professional brand nutrition supplements for the alternative medicine community. Because I have 275+ brands, it is a long process - especially when I still have other endeavors. I have just put my writing business on hold while I build this new online business. I will publish once I have 10-12 brands built into the system and will most likely continue to build throughout the next couple of years. Many of my colleagues ask me why I don't use another platform that other supplement sites use. The reason is because they look awful and are so slow to process! I want my site to be beautiful and offer more than just products, and I know I can do that with Weebly. Also, I will be writting articles/blogs for this site for the holistic medicine community and hopefully it will attract people to my site to buy. My goal is to be the authority go-to for professional, natural, and organic supplements. I want this to be my full time business, but we shall see what the future holds.

Hello!  I think this community is a great idea.  I've been using the Etsy forums for a couple of years now and have learned so much from my Etsy sellers.  It's great to now have this feature with Weebly since running your own website is completely different!

My name is Lisa - I've been working on my Nested Turtle website here on weebly for a couple of years now and continue to make tweeks and changes as I learn more.  I look forward to learning and sharing tips with everyone here!

I have been using Weebly for several years, first for a church website and now for my online business, Shana's Paw Graphics. My site is ShanasPaw.com.  I have very little technical knowledge or ability regarding websites and online sales, so I am eager to learn from others.

On my site, I offer customized graphic designs and templates for a variety of items, ranging from baby shower invitations to event flyers to worship bulletins. I want to improve my site in terms of being effective and easy for customers to access and use. I also want to become better at using social media. I find that my best source of new customers is Pinterest. So, one thing I want to learn about is how best to present my business on Pinterest and convert pins to purchases.  But, these are just a small part of what I need to know more about!

Good day everyone,

SeedyBee is my gaming handle, but tells a great deal about me as well. My name is Carl and I am a real-time embedded software engineer.  I put my career on hold in order to assist the family business and more importantly, to boost my wife's business(es).  Thus I control 3 Weebly sites: a free one: BoreckyFruitFarm.Weebly.com, a Pro Site: BATM2001.com and a Business Site: Love4MySkin.com. 

I chose Weebly because I did not want to learn another set of languages and syntax (I already have 15 or so running amuck in my head).  Moving to a Business site and a Pro site has opened new challanges.  I'm learning, experimenting, and pushing all the envelopes.  As time permits I poke around the code so I can "invent" modules for my use.  If I get anything neat, I'll pass it along.

I look forward to learning from everyone here and welcome suggestions or comments about the sites.  The farm site is least refined and still on an older theme.  The Business site is the newest one and has problems I'm trying to solve.

Have a Great Year Everyone!!

Carl D. Borecky

Hello!  My name is Angela and I've been using Weebly for a few years now.  I began with the blog and then decided it was time to delve into a new adventure after becoming disenchanted with so many eCommerce venues/platforms.  My site is www.heirloomangel.com and I sell vintage items and DIY supplies.  

Since starting with Weebly, I've picked up some very basic coding and been able to get my site to pretty much where I want it.  I recently created a site for my Dad also using Weebly!  His site is www.flyingirishcreations.com and he is an artist who works with wood.

I'm happy to be part of the Beta for this and am amazed at how Weebly has progressed in the short time I've been here!  Thank you for a great platform!

~Angela

My name is Aubrie and I have sites on Weebly for my animal welfare nonprofit work. I actually came to Weebly after I had issues with another company - the sites were not mobile friendly at all and my content looked cluttered. I don't know any code and I do my site work on the fly from my paying job, so I needed something I could learn relatively quickly while still putting out something I think looks good.

I've been really happy with Weebly since my move. I have two published sites related to my own animal advocacy (for which I own the domains), one I developed recently for a contact of mine (using a free version) and I'm working on another which is similar but is specific to an area (another free version).

www.Paws4Change.com

www.NoKillHuntsville.com

www.MarshallCountyAnimalControlAlabama.weebly.com

I'm not sure what I'll really bring to the community since my learning curve is larger than most, but I'm interested in engaging and providing feedback as someone from the novice tribe.