Lifeyo
{{Short description|Web hosting service}}
{{primary sources|date=October 2017}}
{{Orphan|date=March 2017}}
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| developer = Mike Kai
Wiwat Ruengmee, PhD
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| operating_system = Cross-platform
| genre = Website builder
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| website = http://www.lifeyo.com
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LIFEYO is a website hosting company founded in Newport Beach, CA. Lifeyo allows users to make websites without using HTML or managing a hosting account.
Lifeyo competes with other website builders such as Yola, Jimdo, Webs, Weebly, and Wix.
Features
Lifeyo offers templates that allow users to get started building their website quickly. Users can choose from different website types (business, personal, portfolio, and blogging) that provide a starting point with placeholder content. The WYSIWYG website builder allows users to customize website pages in a visual manner that does not require any HTML coding expertise.{{Cite web|author=Bajayo, Jeff|url=https://thenextweb.com/apps/2010/04/05/lifeyo-peoples-website-builder/|title=Lifeyo: "The People's Website Builder"|publisher=The Next Web|date=May 4, 2010}} Users of Lifeyo can build websites using the blogging interface and photo gallery features. A feature that was unique to Lifeyo is the ability to collaborate on a website with multiple editors.{{Cite web|author=Byrne, Richard|url=http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/08/lifeyo-multiple-author-website-and-blog.html|title=Lifeyo - Multiple Author Website and Blog Platform|publisher=Free Tech For Teachers Blog|date=August 23, 2010}} The service is free and does not apply ads on websites created by users. For a fee the company offers an upgrade to a domain name.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lifeyo.com/plans/|title=Plans & Features|publisher=Lifeyo|accessdate=March 16, 2011}}
History
Lifeyo was released to the public in 2010 at the South By Southwest Interactive conference in Austin, Texas.{{Cite web|author=Stern, Allen |url=http://www.centernetworks.com/sxsw-lifeyo-simple-website-builder |title=SXSW Video Demo: Lifeyo – Simple Website Builder |publisher=Center Networks |date=March 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011092940/http://www.centernetworks.com/sxsw-lifeyo-simple-website-builder |archivedate=October 11, 2010 }} It was a startup launched by Mike Kai and Wiwat Ruengmee.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lifeyo.com/about-us/|title=About Us|publisher=Lifeyo|accessdate=March 16, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130127212422/http://www.lifeyo.com/about-us/|archivedate=January 27, 2013}} Lifeyo has offices based in Newport Beach, California and Bangkok, Thailand.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lifeyo.com/blog/single_post.php?p=newoffice_thailand|title=New Office|publisher=Lifeyo|date=November 9, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130127203606/http://www.lifeyo.com/blog/single_post.php?p=newoffice_thailand|archivedate=January 27, 2013}}
Reception
In 2010, Erez Zukerman of AOL News gave a positive review to Lifeyo. Zukerman described Lifeyo as an "Incredible content-management system for someone just trying to put together their first website.”{{Cite web|author=Zukerman, Erez|url=http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2010/03/17/lifeyo-is-an-incredible-content-management-system-for-newbies/|title=Lifeyo is an incredible content management system for newbies|publisher=Download Squad|date=March 17, 2010}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.lifeyo.com}}