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The easiest ways to build a website are to use WordPress or a website builder. Builders like GoDaddy, Squarespace, and Wix are recommended to tech newbies.

A lot of people create sites using website builders. More than 100 million subscribe to Wix and more than 1.2 million to Shopify.

With a website builder, anybody can create a website, even the technically unskilled. Back in the day, you had to understand HTML to build a site. Things got more confusing when CSS appeared.

A builder will free up your time and attention for more important things, like content and design. Some builders accomplish this through drag-and-drop interfaces and others through templates. They make creating a website straightforward.

Your Domain Name

This is the point of entry to your…

Oftentimes it is hard to understand why something is the way it is unless you understand its history. To start with, I want to present a quick overview of the history of web infrastructure hosting to give you a better feel for what sorts of problems cloud native development solves.

The Old Way

Way back in the early days of the Internet, web applications were hosted on specific server machines. That is, when you wanted to host a web application, you had to purchase a physical machine, install Linux or some other operating system on it, and then pay an Internet Service Provider to put your machine on their network. This process was both time-consuming and expensive, often costing hundreds of dollars a month just to rent the space where you install your own server.

If you…

WordPress. It’s the free content management system (CMS) that powers everything from your favorite anime fan site to Rolling Stone magazine’s online presence. In fact, WordPress.org, the website that houses the open-source software, states that WordPress powers 43 percent of the sites on the World Wide Web. That’s a lot of people and businesses running WordPress-powered websites.

WordPress is a remarkably flexible CMS that has many themes and plug-ins (more on these in a bit) to enhance the front-end and back-end experiences. There’s no coding required, unless you want a truly customized website feature or layout. As a result, building a WordPress-powered website isn’t particularly difficult. Still, people who aren’t familiar with the process may need a guiding hand. Allow us to be…

All Sarah Small wanted was to sell the yellow couch she used for her wedding. 

But one vintage sale on Instagram led to the next. In February 2020, Small opened, “Wicker Goddess,” a store at 16th Street and McDowell Road in Phoenix. 

Three years after launching an Instagram account to sell vintage goods, Small appeared on “Good Morning America” on Thursday, Jan. 13.

Small appeared in a segment of the show paid for by GoDaddy, a Tempe-based company that provides web hosting and other tools for approximately 20 million businesses. Small, who was compensated for the appearance, has used that company’s services since she launched her store.

“I feel extremely honored to share our story on ‘Good Morning America,'” Small said. “I want to be something that people can look at and…