How to Make a Website

Learn how to make a website using our free website builder, and in hours, not weeks! With free shopping cart and POS software, web design wizards and built in bulk emailer, we offer an all in one website service, with no hidden costs.

5 Steps to Make a Website

There are five simple steps to make a website with us:

  1. Sign up for a free trial
  2. Add, remove and rename pages
  3. Add content
  4. Design your website
  5. Go live

1. Sign Up for a Free 30 Day Trial

Sign up for a free trial website by:


  • Selecting a web design template from our continually growing range of pre-designed templates for service and product based businesses. This template can be easily changed later. In this example, we are using the website template Minimal ContentBox (100% Wide) as a demonstration website.


  • Select the type of website you want to build, such as an online shop, a service provider, a blogger, real estate agent etc.This will let us pre-populate your website with the appropriate pages for your chosen industry. In this example, we are choosing the Shop/Retail eCommerce option which includes a built in shopping cart.

  • Enter in your website name and contact details to start your free website trial.

You will be sent an email which asks you to confirm your email address, and also contains information on how to login to your website, along with a temporary password. Once logged in, you will see the Welcome Dashboard which is where you have complete control of your new website.


2. Add, Remove Or Rename Pages On Your Website

Your new website will come pre-populated with pages which will vary according to the type of template you chose. It is easy to add or/and remove  or rename these pages within your website.

  • Adding New Pages

To add a new page to your website, click upon the Add Page button which can be found on the left hand side of the Welcome Dashboard, or by clicking on the Web Pages button and selecting Add Page.

You will then be asked to confirm the type of page you would like to add. For this example, we are selecting the Single Page (Drag and Drop) option.

Next you will enter information about that page, including the text it will display on its menu button, a page heading and an SEO file name.

After clicking on the Add New Page Now! button, you will be directed to your new page. It will also be automatically added to your menu display on the left hand side of your screen, plus your menu bar on your website.

  1. Deleting and completely removing a page from a website when it is not something we recommend due to SEO reasons. You should instead change the visibility of the page to block it from being found and viewed, plus remove it from the menu. If you must delete it, be sure to redirect it's URL to a live page.
However, as a trial site, which your website is currently, it is fine to remove a page and delete it. To do this, click on the Web Pages button, which will in turn open up a site map page listing all of your current pages. For this example, we are going to delete the Subscribe page. First click upon the wheel cog icon next (red arrow).

This will then open up a screen giving you options for this page. Choose the Delete This Page button option. A warning message will pop up. Click on the Delete Page Now button, then close that screen by clicking on the X in the corner.

  • Renaming a page is also done via the web pages site map page. Click on the Web Pages button, and select the Shopping page wheel cog icon this time. The area you want to edit are the button text, page heading and SEO filename. Be aware that once your website is live, you should not change any SEO filename as to do so creates broken links on your website, and search engines believe that as it has a new filename, it is a new page. You consquently lose any SEO benefits that page had. You can change your filenames without penalties if your site is still in trial mode however.

To save the changes you have made so far on your website, please click on the green Publish button. This will not make your site live, but will instead publish the changes to your trial site, saving them.

3 - Add Content to Your Website

There are two types of content you can add to your website: text and graphics/photos.

  • Add Page Titles, Sub Headings & Paragraph Text to a Page

To edit a page to add titles, headings and paragraph text, click on the page name under the Web Pages tab on the left hand side of your screen. This will then open up the page to edit. In this example, we're going to edit the About Us page, as seen below, using the Innova Studio Drag and Drop Editor.

As the About Us page is open, we can add sub headings and paragraph text. You can do this either by clicking inside the paragraph text box which is already in the middle of the page by default, or by selecting a snippet from the right hand side column which contains the type of text you would like.

We added some text to the existing paragraph snippet box, and then clicked on and dragged over the Heading H2 snippet box above it. We then added a title to that heading snippet, as in this image:

There are two ways you can change the page title, or Heading 1 (h1). First you can follow the instructions in the previous step of renaming a page. Or secondly, you can open the SEO tab from the blue menu, then select Optimise Web Pages Meta Tags. 

This will then open a page from where you can edit your SEO meta tags, including your page title (page heading).

  • Upload and Add an Image to a Web Page
To insert an image into an existing text block, position your cursor where you want the image to go (red arrow), then click the + sign in the editing bar (purple arrow). - Note that if you position your cursor next to any text, it will alter the position of the text. If you want to have the image beside text, you are best to use a snippet box -This opens up a box asking what you want to insert (image. link or form field), so choose Insert Image. To upload an image from your device, click the browse button to open up your image files on your device and double click on the image (jpeg file is best) and then click the blue Upload button.

The Image Wizard in the CMS will open your image ready for editing, if required. It will show you the true size of your image as it is now, the existing file name it has and some options to crop, rotate, resize and convert to JPG. We are going to resize this image to fit on the About Us page. Click on the drop down arrow for the Resize box, and select the image size 448x448 Blog option. Change the file name if required, then click Save Changes.

Another box will open which allows you some editing options for your image, including its position, border and padding around the image. For this example, we will go with the default border, alignment and padding, and then click the blue Insert Photo Now button.

You can also use the drag and drop widget found on the right hand side of the screen to add an image or image and text block to a page. Choose the best image type from the options available and drag it onto the page where you would like it. Hover over the image and click on the Change Image icon.

Use the option which suits you best to pick the image:

  • Use an existing image you have previously uploaded
  • Select the image file from your device
  • Drag and drop an image file from your device
  • Import an image by pasting the image location URL of an image already on a website

4. Design Your Website

Designing your website using our DIY website builder is a quick and easy process. Here's how you can change your font size, colour and type, plus the main colours of your website.
  • Changing Your Font Type & Font Size

Changing your font type and size can be done through the Design option on the menu (for the entire website) or on each page (for individual pages). First we will focus on the font for the entire website. From the Design menu, select Colours & Fonts.

Scroll down the page until you see the Fonts box options. Here you will be able to edit the: General Font, Heading Font, Font Size and Line Height. 

  • Changing the Font on a Specific Website Page

Highlight the tex you want to change the font of and then click the drop down arrow next to the Font Family box in the editing toolbar. Note that this will look different if you use an alternate editor other than the one we are currently using, TinyMCE3510 (top right corner is where you can see the current editor name, and change to a new editor mode).

Select the font you want and the highlighted text alone will change to this font, while the rest of the page remains the same. To change the size, highlight the specific text again and click on the drop down arrow next to Font Size, and select the size pt option you want.

  • Changing Your Website's General Colours

Changing the general colours for your entire website is done via the Design Tab, then selecting the Colours and Fonts option. Once on the Design Options page, you will be able to edit the colours for many different areas on your website. 

Colours are given a Hex code or colour number, making them more specific than simply being called 'dark blue' for instance. You can enter your hex code in the box next to the item you want to change colour for, and then click in another box to save it. Or you could click on the Pick Colour button and then manually choose a colour from the Colour Wizard and then select the Use Colour button.

Here are the colours we have chosen to use:


Save your work by clicking the Save Changes and then the Publish buttons.

  • Changing Text Colour On Individual Web Pages

Highlight the heading and then select the drop down box next to the Text Colour icon. This will open up a pre-selected range of colours to choose from, as well as giving you and option for others by clicking on the More Colours option.

Click the Save Changes button and then the Publish button to save your work so far.

5 - Making Your Website Live

Once your website is live, you can continue to add new products, written content and images. A website is like a living thing, and is meant to change and grow. The only thing you should be wary of is deleting products or pages. Instead, these should be left live on your site, the products set to out of stock and hidden. 


To make your website live, click the Go Live button, assign your domain name to it and pay your first month of web hosting in advance. It's a good idea to set up an automatically monthly payment for it, or for a discount, purchase it for one year in advance.

If you don't have a domain name yet, getting one is easy. Click on the blue Domains/Email button and then select the option Search and Register new domain. This will take you to a page where you can enter your chosen domain name and if it is available, purchase it. It will be added to your account and then you can assign it to your new website.

Our team here at Website World are here to help! Make sure you check out our Training and Tutorials for some great free help in creating and managing your website. Remember, the websites we host are SUPER FAST too!

 


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