Alternatives to Google Page Creater - Officelive.com Comparison

Office Live Comparison
With Google Page Creator being eliminated, I have decided to do a quick comparison of Google Page Creator (GPC) and OfficeLive.com . I have put this together to aid in making a decision on where to migrate my Google Page Creator site to.

This comparison is not exhaustive, but centered around the key features of GPC


Officelive.com is a Microsoft web service that is similar to Google Apps for Domains. Officelive.com offers domain tools such as email, document collaboration and blog functionality in addition to web page hosting.


For the purpose of this comparison, I will just be looking at Officelive.com web page hosting.

Feature Comparison
Branding
Item	Google Page Creator	Officelive
Domain Name Integration	Your domain name was used as the root for all pages	Your Domain Name can be used as the root for your web pages.
FavIcon	You can brand your site with a FavIcon using simple Javascript	You can brand your site with a FavIcon using simple Javascript
Themes	Each page could have a different theme and with CSS you had pretty fine control over presentation of the site.	You need to select a theme and color scheme for your entire site. However, you can mix and match as well as use CSS for fine tuning and tweaking.
Technology
Item	Google Page Creator	Officelive.com
Javascript	Javascript is allowed on pages.	Javascript is allowed on pages
CSS	You can integration custom CSS files using Javascript to direct the client to load the file.	You can create site wide CSS code in the editor without requiring javascript
Google Analytics	You can add Analytics via javascript. You have control over how each page is tracked.	You can add Analytics via javascript. You have control over how each page is tracked.
Google Adsense	You can add Adsense ad blocks via javascript	You can add Adsense ad blocks via javascript
Google Gadgets	Supported	You can add google gadgets and microsoft widgets as well
Google Webmasters Tools	Supported via uploaded file.	Supported via uploaded file or meta tag.
Other Webmasters Tools	Supported via uploaded files.	Supported via uploaded file or meta tag.
Static Files	Can upload files via HTTP to root directory. Cannot make sub directories. Can upload pages you created in other web design tools (i.e. iWeb)	Can upload via HTTP into a Documents gallery and images into a Image gallery. Site visitors may be able to see the files depending on permissions. Can upload pages you created in other web design tools (i.e. iWeb)
Limits	Maximum Files = 500 Maximum Space = 100 MB Maximum File Size = 10 MB Themes = 41	Maximum Space = 30 MB Maximum File Size = ?? MB Themes = Unique combinations > 500
Google Docs Integration	Integration via Google Gadgets	Integration via Google Gadgets
Editor
Item	Google Page Creator	Officelive.com
Tables	You can create tables manually with HTML code	Editor includes built in table editor.
Page Layout	Supports 5 Page Layouts	Supports 11 Page Layouts
Navigation	Create your own navigation and breadcrumbs and sitemaps.	Automatically creates navigation, breadcrumbs and sitemaps. NOTE: The built in navigation is done with scripting, so I recommend that you add some standard links to help search engines index your pages.
Comments	Cannot incorporate comments from visitors	Cannot incorporate comments from visitors

Summary
Officelive.com has all the features (and a few more) that Google Pages had, and it is priced the same (free). In addition, if you are using Google Apps for Domains, you can move your whole domain to office live, or just your web pages.


In general, if you are finding that Google Sites (see my post on a Google Sites comparison) does not have what you are looking for, Officelive.com seems like a very good alternative.

Note: If you site contains many cross links, GPC pages did not have a file extension at the end (i.e. http://www.timalosi.com/about) where as weebly uses a .aspx extension and links without the extension will return a 404 error. (This is most unfortunate)

Related Posts:
GPC to Google Sites Comparision
GPC to Weebly Comparision

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