Compare and contrast between Web Expression and Wix

Well LOL, where should I start. I will never become a web designer. I suppose I will start with the html experience. After starting the third site I became extremely frustrated. I did teach myself that you should have all of the basic framework established and in working order before you start adding your content. I worked almost all day yesterday on my second site in Expression and it was an absolute disaster! None of my navigation worked , my default home page disappeared, why I have absolutely no idea. Probably the same reason my Images folder magically disappeared from the first site I attempted to do, no good reason. So I attempted to recreate it, I couldn't. So what I knew to do was to start over, again. The third time I made sure everything navigationally was correct before I added my content. This time it went good, not great, but it will be finished for the last class tonight. Hooray! This site is going to be a very generic looking site. I got the information on the pages that I needed to and all navigation is functionable as intended. For fear of things disappearing I did not want to mess too much in the code. At this point I just need to get it done.

I initially intended to use Weebly. I had looked into this earlier but once I started getting into it I made the decision to work in Wix. There were a lot more templates and it seemed easier. It was a lot less frustrating to do the site in Wix than Expression. Easier to place things where you wanted them, change things and alter things all from the wix site. This still took me a lot longer than I had anticipated and is not exactly what I had envisioned. There seemed to be so many more options to choose being a non web designer than a html specialist. I was able to start with my own navigation bar and not have to mess with changing and getting confused with the folder default pages. It was easier for me to make sure I was on the correct page I was editing than in Expression.

How are they different, Expession looks generic from the fear I placed on myself of not getting done on time and the fear of things disappearing and not working since I really did not know what I was doing. The Wix site has a nicer visual appeal to me, it is more colorful and creative, this is since I had less fear of the software and could get closer to the goals I had for the site.

I think Wix was more friendly for the non web designer user which lets you feel more comfortable and creative. Once you got to know your way around the options it was very easy to continue with your layout. Whereas with expression I could mess around for a lot longer period of time trying to get the result I wanted and just settling for what I got.