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Originally Posted by ChaosKiwi  I have to be cheeky Rebecca and point out that your partner seems to be web savvy and that you have stated that you use dreamweaver - neither of which most newbies can access  . |
ChaosKiwi
You got me! My partner is web savvy and probably could have taught me how to make a website. But in truth, he was incredibly busy with his web design business last year, and it would have been a super drain to have him teach me everything he knows about the web. So when I heard about SBI through Steve, it hit me: I could teach myself! And that's exactly what I've done.
I must concede that the SBI design templates are outdated (although they are releasing a new batch soon, I hear). That's when I got my partner involved, and I can't deny the re-design boosted my motivation to work harder on my shiny new site, besides appealing to visitors more. However, SBI is now working on this issue... so SBIers without their own live-in web designer can have neat looking sites too.
I began building my site with SBI's foolproof Block Builder, then advanced to using my own HTML Editor because SBI taught me HTML too. Ya see, I just can't flaw it!
Everyone has their own opinion and that's fine by me! There are probably as many web building tools as there are flavors of ice cream. Just because someone hates vanilla doesn't mean everyone else will. We all learn differently and SBI just happens to be one pretty good way to learn about web building.
I guess all I can offer is that SBI worked for me - and I certainly wouldn't have been this driven to start my own online business without it. That's gotta be worth something.