I decided to switch website hosts, which, really, is not very surprising. From the beginning, I was conflicted over several options. The main candidates were Shutterfly, our previous host, and Weebly, our new host. Why choose one over the other? Well, when I first was researching free hosting options, Weebly had a limited number of pages and images for the free version. Shutterfly, also free, had unlimited uploading, which was great for photography, but was, let's face it, pretty ugly. Nonetheless, I chose Shutterfly all those months ago (more like two-ish) because I didn't want to worry running out of uploading space.
But then, as I was going around deleting all my old trial sites from other sites, I returned to Weebly. I checked out the updates and they now offered unlimited pages and uploading for the same great, low price (absolutely nothing) and even more gorgeous than before. So, naturally, I switched. Weebly, besides looking nicer, also has a smoother editing process and has more advanced options in regards to, well, pretty much everything.
The only downside to Weebly is that uploads have to be at most 5mb. With Shutterfly, this isn't a problem, but after some quick Googling, I figured out how to "downsize" (compress) images without compromising quality. There's this nifty little app in the Apple Store called JPEGmini, which is super easy to use; you just drag and drop the image into the application window, it's done a couple seconds, and it even replaces the old huge file with the new tiny one. With the free version you can process 20 images a day and the paid version, which I haven't bothered with, you can have as many as you want.
The only downside to Weebly is that uploads have to be at most 5mb. With Shutterfly, this isn't a problem, but after some quick Googling, I figured out how to "downsize" (compress) images without compromising quality. There's this nifty little app in the Apple Store called JPEGmini, which is super easy to use; you just drag and drop the image into the application window, it's done a couple seconds, and it even replaces the old huge file with the new tiny one. With the free version you can process 20 images a day and the paid version, which I haven't bothered with, you can have as many as you want.