#+TITLE: Personal and Business Websites
#+SHORT-TITLE: intro
#+KEYWORDS: website builder philosophy
#+DESCRIPTION: creating websites with the Website Builder
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*:max-width=50ex Business websites
A simple website can be easily created using the [[index][Website Builder]]:
you can either [[http://howto.leanws.com/diy][DIY for free]] or [[https://info.leanws.com/index][hire us for about $100]].
Using the [[index][Website Builder]] is especially convenient if you need to update your web pages often.

Some websites contain very different web pages that cannot be generated from a single template.
Creating such websites [[https://leanws.com/plans][requires more effort]].

Our [[http://info.leanws.com/hosting][hosting service]] can host both traditional (raw) HTMLs
and text sources processed by the [[index][Website Builder]] on every update.

* Social networks vs personal websites
While social networks are more suitable for local news, web pages are supposed to remain relevant for longer time.

For some people it might be hard to keep their social media accounts active because they
- can not regularly post content which is either useful or interesting,
- do not like the idea that everything their post will be forgotten after several months, and
- do not like censorship.

Use the [[index][Website Builder]] to publish your stories, drawings, photographs, life hacks
and ideas.

* Prices
The [[index][Website Builder]] is free, so you pay only for hosting,
$<<<<wikiMonthly>>/100>>\/month or $<<<<yearlyHosting>>/100>>\/year as long as you use no more than 100 megabytes of disk space.

** Several wiki accounts / more space
You probably won't need more than 100 megabytes of disk space, but you may need more than one website, for example, one for business and a personal one.
Then minimal hosting fee $<<<<wikiMonthly>>/100>>/month will be charged per *every* website you own.

* How it works
With the [[index][Website Builder]],
creating (or updating) a wiki page is as simple as posting on Facebook:
one just needs to [[http://howto.leanws.com/update][edit a text file]] similar to [[file:files/<<thisPageName>>.txt][this one]], which is then automatically converted into a web page.

You can easily create \/ rename \/ replace \/ delete \/ publish \/ withdraw wiki pages on (password-protected) [[https://profile.leanws.com/wiki]],
see [[https://youtu.be/JEJYjEEqvXs][this video]].

Every time you update source files, (password protected) draft version of your website is changed.
If you dare satisfied with the newly generated web page, you can publish 
its new version so that everyone can see it.

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For more information read
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- [[basic][formatting rules]]
- [[http://howto.leanws.com/create][how to create a web page]]
- [[http://howto.leanws.com/update][how to update a web page]]
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*:max-width=40ex Ready to try?
The [[index][Website Builder]] is free, and
we offer 30 days free trial period for hosting.

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[button:submit[https://leanws.com/w/try][Create Hosting Account]]

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[[https://youtu.be/mj_z8zFT7lA][video tutorial]]
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