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Hi all!

My museum currently uses Joombla! to host our website, but has run into issues lately with security. Because of this, we are looking into using a new platform to host our website - one that will allow us to easily change and update information as needed (without learning a great deal of code - we are not programmers by any means!). We would also like to sell museum shop merchandise through the website, if possible.

Thanks for any help you may be able to give! 

Hi Alyssa,

We recently went through an overhaul and relaunch of our website and decided to use the Wordpress platform to build and develop our site. If your staff isn't coders or web developers, Wordpress (.org, not .com - there is a difference!) is a great option. You can find relatively cheap already-created themes and templates and import your content directly into it. Some Wordpress themes, depending on where you look, support e-commerce as well. Alternatively, if you use Square or can use Square, Squarespace is a great platform for hosting a website, and it has e-commerce built in.

Let me know if you have any other questions!

Sarah

Hi Alyssa,

We recently went through an overhaul and relaunch of our website and decided to use the Wordpress platform to build and develop our site. If your staff isn't coders or web developers, Wordpress (.org, not .com - there is a difference!) is a great option. You can find relatively cheap already-created themes and templates and import your content directly into it. Some Wordpress themes, depending on where you look, support e-commerce as well. Alternatively, if you use Square or can use Square, Squarespace is a great platform for hosting a website, and it has e-commerce built in.

Let me know if you have any other questions!

Sarah

Our museum just had a Wordpress site created and it's so much butter than the old one. We went from a drab, over cluttered, and outdated website to one that's sleek, simple and actually easy to navigate. We have had a couple problems sorting out some kinks, but overall, it has been a great improvement.

Hi all!

My museum currently uses Joombla! to host our website, but has run into issues lately with security. Because of this, we are looking into using a new platform to host our website - one that will allow us to easily change and update information as needed (without learning a great deal of code - we are not programmers by any means!). We would also like to sell museum shop merchandise through the website, if possible.

Thanks for any help you may be able to give! 

Hello Ms. DePlonty,

We have had very good luck with Media Temple. They are very helpful and offer live chat all the time. They also have a very clean, easy to navigate website that is gloriously devoid of advertisements. They also have how-to pages in the section called "community".

–Paul N. Pallansch

Hi all!

My museum currently uses Joombla! to host our website, but has run into issues lately with security. Because of this, we are looking into using a new platform to host our website - one that will allow us to easily change and update information as needed (without learning a great deal of code - we are not programmers by any means!). We would also like to sell museum shop merchandise through the website, if possible.

Thanks for any help you may be able to give! 

Hi all!

My museum currently uses Joombla! to host our website, but has run into issues lately with security. Because of this, we are looking into using a new platform to host our website - one that will allow us to easily change and update information as needed (without learning a great deal of code - we are not programmers by any means!). We would also like to sell museum shop merchandise through the website, if possible.

Thanks for any help you may be able to give!