Some friends have websites. I encourage them to do. But they have them only to publish contact info, opening times, and a couple of photos of their business. What would be the best fediverse platform for this? Of course being able to post/toot news every now and then, is also a good feature.
Yes. could be. I am trying to promote the fediverse as much as possible so maybe I am overly doing it. What about just a minimal ethical/privacy friendly hosted service to put your data on? people use facebook or instagram, but they really could do with something so much lighter.
Since this is for a business, ultimately they should also put the info on their social media pages (ex. Google maps listing, instagram)
They would look super cool/modern in my eyes if they also had a Mastodon account.
Otherwise I think the best option here might be Drupal/WordPress. It’s an open source way to build the website, and it’s used by many large corporations too. If the needs are simple, WordPress may handle it. If the needs are more complex, Drupal should get it?
I’d argue that for a small business a static site might be better unless it’s a managed Drupal/WordPress instance. Too much involved in hosting a public-facing website, CMS and database for most small business operators. They just want to set it and forget it at minimal cost to them (including the cost of time)
Yeah they are on google maps (sadly needed) and openstreetmap, and they actually do have a wordpress (I am thinking of a restaurant) but they really don’t need so much. And they wanna quit hosting because they’ve had a lot of people as intermediaries taking advantage and charging a lot and the hassle of hosting migration etc. I love Drupal architecture though, but it is too much for the minimal needs.
create a simple landing home page with business info then, either self host or create accounts related to the business on fediverse services; use them for interaction, branding, advertising etx. link those social media accounts on the website home page.
@ziby0405 @geoma Mmm so, you envision something that is on website as an “official presence online” and then also a separate account on Mastodon and things for social media purposes?
I mean, it makes sense. At the end of the day, even current mainstream businesses have a website and Instagram accounts for things, so yes.