I already have a web presence and have for over 10 years. I couldn't function without my pages. My lessons are usually organized on a web page. In a sense my library is open 24 hours a day with my webpage. When I work with teachers on projects I add their handouts along with mine on the web pages. If there is a grad rubric for a project I post that to the web page. It allows my students access all the time, no more lost papers, no more I can't remember what you said or I couldn't find the directions. I have links to the library catalog, library procedures, and library resources on my pages.
I have been using Dreamweaver as my web page program and I still like the program but I'm considering moving my page because I can no longer access the web page server to update my webpage from home. The other draw back with the current set up at school is that the web page doesn't update immediately when I make changes (it used to.) In the past I was able to make updates, fix links and add links as students found resources, these are important for my lessons so I'm looking for a new "space." After looking at the lessons and checking out the resources I thought it would be nice to try Weebly. At first I had a riot with it, I edited a template to my colors and uploaded a picture of my library for my own template..great I thought.
Next I started to add pages. The layouts are easy to use but lack the control I want. Adding links, which is something I do a lot of in the library, is tedious. Adding the links appears easy but the links don't always take to the text that you want to link to and there are too many steps to get it to link to a web page. I ran out of patience. On top of those issues are the pop ups that offer to sell you a domain name or buy premium features.
http://rfclibrary.weebly.com/
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