3ix.org - What A Disappointment!
A few words of warning.
I came across 3ix by googling the net. Compared it to a few others and thought, hey, they're cheap. I'll host my site with them. They offer a US $ 1 dollar package (minimum 6 months subscription) for a small site and US $ 3 package (minimum 6 months subscription). I chose the US $ 3 a month subscription which equals US $ 18 a month. The reason I chose the $3 package over the $1 package is because I was and still am pretty cluelesss as to how to design my site and the $3 deal came with a site builder called "Click Be" and templates. Nice templates. the only problem I could neither edit existing buttons in the menu nor remove them. I e-mailed 3ix.org about the problem and got no answer. I visited Click Be's authors, a company in the Nehterlands and indeed on their forum I discovered that others were discussing and complaining about the same problems they had with Click Be. A few replies as well from the Click Be authors on that same forum confirming that indeed the buttons in the menu can neither be edited nor removed and that they're working on a newer version of Click Be site builder. Fair enough. however, this wasn't described anywhere on 3ix's site and none of 3ix sales staff had told me about this flaw. 3ix's site builder Click Be was touted as the latest and most powerful site builder on the net. they also advertise money back guaranteed within 2 weeks if not satisfied. I have e-mailed them at least 5 times before the 14-day trial period ended asking them to either fix the problem or arrange for a refund. Never heard from them again. Cheap does not necessarily mean good. I was duped by 3ix.org. Buyers beware!
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