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.
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I’m not sure that there is any point in a fediverse platform. That implies you want interaction (e.g. comments) from other locations, and therefore need moderation etc. A local blog site with ‘share to Mastodon’ buttons (if they exist) is probably all that’s needed.
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)
