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In today’s digital landscape, getting a professional website online is faster than ever, but choosing the right platform is the difference between a simple digital brochure and a powerful business tool. While DIY builders like Wix and Squarespace have revolutionized the market by offering sleek, user-friendly designs that anyone can manage, they are just the beginning of what we offer at Candyweb.
Modern Web Platforms: Wix & Squarespace
For many small businesses, speed and simplicity are the top priorities. Wix and Squarespace rule this realm, providing intuitive drag-and-drop interfaces and built-in hosting. We specialize in professional setup and custom styling for these platforms, ensuring your site doesn't just look like a generic template, but a polished, branded experience that functions perfectly across all devices.
Advanced Power: PHP & Joomla! CMS
When your needs grow beyond standard "out of the box" features, robust Content Management Systems (CMS) like Joomla! and WordPress remain the gold standards for flexibility. While builders are great for simple sites, a PHP-based CMS allows for deep customization, complex database management, and advanced functional features without the monthly "app" fees that can plague closed platforms. At Candyweb, we continue to support Joomla! for its sophisticated architecture and vast ecosystem of professional extensions.
Custom Development & Seamless Support
Development time is no longer about building basic pages—it's about integration. We use CMS platforms to quickly deploy common features like document management, secure portals, and custom media galleries. When your business requires something truly unique, we are ready to develop specialized PHP components and modules tailored to your specific workflow. Whether we build it in a modern site-builder or a powerful CMS, we provide the training you need to take the wheel with confidence.
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Starting 2026 with a New Website! We have a fresh new look for Candyweb.us. This site is built on Joomla 6.0, extending the default Cassiopeia template to meet our needs.
Take a minute to hit our Contact Page and let us know what you think! Is there information you're looking for, but can't find? Let us know!
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I'm working in Squarespace today, which I've found to be pretty fun actually. I like how easy the interface is, for me and for my client who is learning to manage her own website. I have to say, for the non-tech user, Squarespace admin interface is much easier than Joomla! or Wordpress or most of the other CMS tools I've worked with.
However... Squarespace seems frustratingly devoid of some basic common features for the modern website, such as the ability to show an image in the blog excerpt.
EVERYONE knows that you need a good strong image to start off your blog post, if you want anyone to give it a second glance. But most of the Squarespace templates DO NOT come with this feature. Not only that, but there isn't a convenient on/off switch anywhere in the admin panel for a user to choose whether or not to show the thumbnail image (or any image) in the blog excerpts which are shown on the blog listing page.
So today I'm working on a site using the Bedford template. After much online searching, I found a solution. You have to open up the CSS and add visibility for the thumbnail image in the excerpt.
Go to Design --> Custom CSS and paste this in the code area
.view-list .excerpt-thumb { display: block; }
Do this, and your thumbnail image (set in the post Options tab) will automatically show up at the top of the post excerpt. Of course, this only works if you have some intro text typed into the 'Excerpt' box (also in the Options tab).
OK! Try it out and let me know how it works for you.
