How to set up your Website Builder website
This article will give you a brief introduction to Website Builder and explain how you can start setting it up.
Congratulations on purchasing your Website Builder package – you’re now one step closer to creating your own professional-looking site!
To help you with this, we’ve outlined a few important areas that you’ll need to consider.
First steps
Start by choosing a template as the base for your website. There are a variety of templates available in different styles and colour schemes, so simply choose the one that you feel offers the best starting point for your website. You’ll be able to customise and change areas of your template later, so don’t worry if you can’t find any suitable options.
Once you’ve chosen your template, you can begin populating your site with your own text, images and videos by using Sections (if using Version 9) or Widgets (if using Version 8). You can also change the default style of your text, buttons and images as well as your general colour scheme by selecting the Theme option.
One of the best aspects of our Website Builder tool is that you won’t need any technical knowledge at all. However, provided you have the required plan, to do this although you can edit your website’s underlying HTML and CSS code.
Homepage
Since this is the first part of your website that most of your visitors will see, this will need to make a really good first impression. Having a generic or dull homepage will result in visitors leaving in a matter of seconds!
Make sure that this page features a basic outline of your services, who you are and how to contact you. If you’re using Version 9 of our Website Builder, you may wish to add any of the following sections to this page:
- About
- Content
- Introduction
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Contact Us
If your current design isn’t working out, you can always change the theme or colour of your website.
Additional steps
For more details on how to make the most out of your Website Builder package, please read the following Support articles:
- What is the best way to lay out my website?
- How do I make my Website Builder site look great?
- How can I improve the visibility of my website on search engines?
- How to use Website Builder widgets
- How do I publish my site in Website Builder?