propDave Redesigned On SquareSpace

Boy was this fun.  My blog has been in dire need of a design upgrade... since it launched. 

propDave 1.0 on WordPress

My previous blog was on the hosted version of WordPress.com - versus the software version you install on your own server (Wordpress.org). The installed version has much deeper design and functionality control, but I was lazy and experimenting. I let it go too long however (same story with out insidepropeller.com blog).

Eric Smith, our director of interactive development, turned me onto SquareSpace. Its a hosted CMS platform that provides a deep administrative/design toolset to enable the non-programmer (me) to design and publish a custom designed website/blog.

I have to say that I'm extremely impressed with this product. 

  Quick Overview of SquareSpace CMS 

• From an administrative standpoint - brilliant usability
• With slider controls, every CSS element is controllable for the non-geeks
• Full access to raw css/html templates for the geeks
• Decent set of out of box templates to start with
• Scalable for multiple authors, audiences, community, etc.
• Not free: I'm paying $14/mo for Pro level, which I wanted for domain mapping (propdave.com)
• Full SEO control
• Full everything control for that matter... all that the non-geek can manage.

So that's the uptick. Check it out : SquareSpace.com

Comments

[Kyla from search engine optimisation]

Nice post.
Squarespace will gonna be much cooler than ever before.

Thanks to propDave for that. Good work!