Mr Site Takeaway Website Beginner website builder

For many people the process of buying a domain name and building a website to go with it is so simple as to be second nature. What these people tend to forget, though, is that for the rest of the population the whole business of domains, hosting and page creation can be baffling. Mr Site has been selling ‘in a box’ websites to novices for some time now, and has recently released this newer, cheaper edition.

Takeaway Website Beginner can be purchased online or in a box. The whole process of making the site is done online, but the box includes a CD of handy free software and, most importantly, a clear
92-page manual.

Building a site is, appropriately, easy. After entering the activation code you’re prompted for some personal details, and then asked to choose a .com domain name. Having done this you can start building the site. Mr Site sets this out as a six-step process that begins with choosing a design. There are more than 100 to choose from, ranging from the slightly gaudy to the pleasingly inoffensive. With this done you can simply add pages, type or copy in some text, and publish the result in seconds ­ although, as always, it will take a day or two for your new .com name to start working.

There’s a surprising abundance of advanced options, from editing HTML code to adding Google Analytics tracking should you wish, or it’s easy to add a simple gallery, blog or discussion forum. You are, however, limited to just five pages and 75MB of storage for your website files.

Overall, Mr Site Beginner does what it sets out to do well. It’s simple to use and, at £20 for the first year and £1.69 per month thereafter, it is reasonably priced. For absolute beginners, it’s easy to recommend.