Ask HN: How to rapidly get a product/company website built?
How could I rapidly get a compact/editable/live website that clearly describes my product/company?
I envision that I need a minimal website that:
1) Clearly describes the product
2) Clearly describes the company and what it does.
3) Does not look mediocre. (E.g. those static html sites based on those usual narrow rectangular templates with links at the side or top).
To be more precise - it should show that it is a startup website, but one that seems a little established with the look & feel. It should show it is a small company, but give the impression some investment has been made on site design.
4) The site must be easily changeable. (i.e. updates on parts of it without much html tweaking)
Extra:
5) An easy-to-modify company blog, can upload product news/descriptions/videos. A startup is changing quick, and so should the website.
For this, I mistakenly invested my precious time and built this: http://tinyurl.com/y994z55
It works but it partially has (1) and (2) and neither of (3), (4) and (5). I learned from my mistake and built this without spending much time:
http://tinyurl.com/yevywv5
This one is better, because it partially has (1), (2), (4), and somewhat (5) (i.e. videos)
But It's not good enough. I have a feeling there must be a way to quickly bring up a decent site with all of the above.
I am not posting this for finding a consultant, simply asking for opinion. I genuinely believe it does not require complex specialized specs other than stated, its a common pattern.
This on its own is a startup idea I think, a company website package that doesn't suck. At least I haven't encountered any easy solutions so far.
From recent posts: Rethinkdb and Pivotal Labs sites are quite close examples to what I need. Weebly and google site templates aren't as they don't have (3).