Anyone use Mobirise website builder?

Why pay for something when there are so many free and capable alternatives?

Yeah, who need a wedding photographer when you can buy disposable cameras? Why bother buying a nice house when a cardboard box is FREE?

You get what you pay for, these freebie sites usually are very limited in functionality, design options, SEO practices, etc. Plus if you don't know much about the web and how it work, or design and how that works, then you're probably better off hiring a professional web developer/designer.

Just my 2 cents.

Have just had a look at it and it is only really for mobile development and not for full websites.

Try taking a look at EverWeb instead.

Mobirise is a full-fledged website builder now, no longer constrained to just mobile BTW.

Great writeup, had I seen this prior to my response I would have modified mine accordingly.

It won't really work well with Weebly since Weebly doesn't support FTP Servers (that are accessible by the website hosters). You can always use an iFrame in HTML to mirror your offline website onto your Weebly website... just an idea 😁

Yeah, I've been trying to use it. I cannot seem to upload it using the app's FTP. Keep getting an "unknown error." Host can't make it out either. Changed passwords, reinstalled the app, did maintenance on the iMac, but still get an error.

Yes, I've used it. I'm a long-time hand-coder but needed to get something up very, very quickly, so abandoned my code control freakery and used it for ecovisum.com.

It's pretty good, and will certainly gain more features, some of which are paid-for additions. But you can get a nice-looking, responsive site up pretty quickly, especially if you have some of your own images.

Oh, and it's definitely NOT "only really for mobile development"! It's responsive, so works at all sizes.

Hello newrom:

I just ran across your post while searching for “Mobirise reviews” — and although your post is over a year old, I thought I’d share my two cents. Hope this is helpful for you and other people considering Mobirise.

I’ve used Mobirise to build three websites for clients in the past few months. There’s lots to like about it: Nice WYSIWYG interface, simple to use and deploy, brilliant business model (give the basic package away for free, then sell add-on modules, etc.).

That said, as of today it isn’t quite ready for prime time.

• Bugs galore. It often crashes or locks up. The developer seems more interested in adding new “features” than solving basic problems.

• You’re on your own. Mobirise markets itself a “drop dead easy website maker.” That’s a bit of hyperbole. There’s no user manual and no real tech support. The Mobirise User Forum is the only place to search for answers when things go wonky. Forum users seem to function as Mobirise’s R&D department.

• It isn’t backwards compatible. For example, if you build a website with Mobirise 2.11.1 and import your work to version 3.06.4, you’re screwed. You’ll need to rebuild a bunch of stuff you already spent lots of time designing.

I’m painting a bleak picture here. It isn’t half bad if you’re willing to put up with the stuff that blows up or doesn’t work as advertised. Novice website designers might want to check it out. Mobirise might even fulfill its potential some day.

Mobirise is excellent. It has its limitations and you may need to pay for the code editor and other addons, but it certainly is not just for mobile development!