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Weebly is a drag-and-drop, no-coding-required platform for creating websites that actually look good. If you need to create a quick website to advertise your tutoring skills, or your Mum’s clothing-swap event, Weebly is the way to go. Think of it as the 2013 equivalent of GeoCities, with nicer design options. Much nicer.

Weebly offers hundreds of themes that you can customise with its drag-and-drop interface. If you’re comfortable with HTML and CSS, you can add your own code for even more customisation. It offers mobile-friendly themes, search engine optimisation, slideshows, contact forms and pretty much anything else you might need for a simple website.

A nice touch is Weebly’s site planner, which helps you to think through the web design process clearly. It encourages you to think about site navigation options, the aims of your website and other little things you might not think about if you’re not used to designing websites.

Weebly isn’t as robust as a fully-fledged content management system like Wordpress, Drupal, or Joomla, but it’s absolutely perfect for simple web design needs, and practically idiot-proof.