Weebly Site Builder Tutorial
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What is a Website Builder?
A website builder is a special kind of content management system (CMS). While traditional CMS were built to administer large websites, online website builders are designed with smaller website projects in mind. This means that the is not required to have any special coding or programming skills, or any other technical knowledge like installing a CMS, designing a template, or creating a database.
Modern website builders maintain strict separation between content and design, which is a key CMS principle. Here are some of the advantages of using such website builders:
- Websites designed this way can easily be indexed by search engines like Google
- It’s easy to change the website’s design and templates
- Content does not have to be changed/modified in the process
Website builders are ideal for individuals, freelancers, creative professionals, small businesses, and startups that require a website or online store.
iPage OS Compatibility
iPage is compatible with all operating systems (OS), including Windows and Mac OSX. However, website builders are a web application, and not an OS. A website builder, like all other applications, must be compatible with your OS in order for it to work. Some specifications and requirements are the following:
Windows
- A Windows OS 2000 or newer version
- A minimum 800×600 screen resolution
- Your preferred web browser in its latest version
Mac OSX
- An OSX that is 10.4 or higher
- Your preferred web browser in its latest version
iPage Website Builders
Website builders are free on all of iPage’s web hosting packages. You have plenty of options when it comes to building and designing your own site. Blogging and CMS options like WordPress and Joomla can easily be installed via the Mojo Marketplace; while the Weebly drag-and-drop site builder makes it easy for you to create and customize a professional-looking website in just minutes.
Just as it says, you can simply hold, drag, and then drop elements to your page!
iPage Weebly Site Builder Tutorial
Weebly is a simple and easy-to-use website builder that enables you to create unlimited number of websites on your iPage account. It can only be accessed through your iPage control panel.
Simply follow these instructions below to start creating a website using Weebly:
- Login to your iPage control panel.
- From the control panel, go to the Website section and click on the Weebly Drag and Drop Builder icon.
- Choose the domain you want to use. Please note that the default is your primary domain.
Click on the Edit My Site button to begin.
- You will then be directed to another page. From there, choose a design and template for your site by going to the Design tab.
- Once you’re done, go to the Pages tab. Enter the necessary details, like the Page Name and Page Layout.
Click on Save & Edit once you’re done.
- Once everything is done, click on the Publish button found at the top right corner of the screen.
A confirmation pop-up will be on your screen once you have successfully published your website. Click the link to your website to view your page.
And there you have it! Simply and easy, right? With the Weebly drag and drop builder, you no longer have to hire a professional to do the job for you. You can do it yourself without touching a single line of code!
I’ve been using WordPress for years but I like the idea of a simple, clean and code efficient system like Weebly. I’m trying to find out if there is a desktop version of the software so I can build sites off-line – can you help?
There’s certainly a great deal to find out about this topic.
I love all the points you have made.