Tools to create websites and blogs
WordPress
Create a free website or easily build a blog on WordPress.com. Hundreds of free, customizable, mobile-ready designs and themes. Free hosting and support.
WordPress is a free and open-source tool and a content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL. Features include a plugin architecture and a template system.
WordPress was used by more than 23.3% of the top 10 million websites as of January 2015. WordPress is the most popular blogging system in use on the Web, at more than 60 million websites.
Blogger
Blogger is a blog-publishing service that allows multi-user blogs with time-stamped entries. It was developed by Pyra Labs, which was bought by Google in 2003. Generally, the blogs are hosted by Google at a subdomain of blogspot.com. A user can have up to 100 blogs per account.
Blogger Tutorial
https://support.google.com/blogger/answer/1623800?hl=en
Google Sites
Google Sites is a structured wiki- and Web page-creation tool offered by Google as part of the Google Apps for Work productivity suite. Wikipedia
Google Sites Tutorial
http://learn.googleapps.com/sites
edublogs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gzJNMEFkNM
Edublogs has been dedicated to providing the easiest, safest, most reliable and powerful educational blogging tools on the web.
By teachers, for teachers, Edublogs hosts hundreds of thousands of blogs for teachers, students, researchers, professors, librarians, coordinators, institutions and administrators.
edublogs tutorials
http://help.edublogs.org/getting-started-with-edublogs/
Tumblr
Tumblr lets you effortlessly share anything. Post text, photos, quotes, links, music, and videos, from your browser, phone, desktop, email, or wherever you happen to be.
weebly
Weebly is a web-hosting service featuring a drag-and-drop website builder. As of August 2012, Weebly hosts over 20 million sites with a monthly rate of over 1 million unique visitors. The company is headquartered in San Francisco. Wikipedia
Weebly tutorials
http://hc.weebly.com/hc/en-us/sections/200354313-Beginner-s-Guide-to-Weebly
wix
Wix.com is a cloud-based web development platform that allows users to create HTML5 websites and mobile sites, through the use of their online drag and drop tools. Wikipedia
wix tutorials
http://www.wix.com/blog/2014/05/tutorials-for-wix-newbies/
Typepad
Typepad is the best blogging service around: fun, easy, and professional.
Squarespace
Squarespace's mission is to provide creative tools that power the future of the web. From designers creating the next generation of web and mobile experiences, to anyone managing their own online presence for the first time, Squarespace provides elegant solutions that set new standards for online publishing. By focusing our efforts on the fusion of design and engineering, we strive to create long-lasting products that delight and surprise our customers.
Quora
Quora is a question-and-answer website where questions are asked, answered, edited and organized by its community of users. The company was founded in June 2009, and the website was made available to the public on June 21, 2010. Wikipedia