Powered By Network Solutions: WebsiteBuilder - Onboarding for WebsiteBuilder
Onboarding is the process of integrating and familiarizing a new customer with our products and services. We deem this necessary as we want you to get the maximum potential for your website and business. By following the steps outlined, we can make sure that you can have your published website at the end of this tutorial.
Key Components for creating a WebsiteBuilder Site
Domain Name and DNS
A website will not work unless linked to a Domain Name and the DNS Records are appropriately set. Here are some articles that will guide you to ensure everything is set correctly. Here are some of the situations or issues you might encounter for your Domain Name and DNS. Of course, we have provided you with the most updated article to resolve those.
Domain Registration Articles
- Are you registering a new domain name? Check this article, How Do I Purchase a New Domain Name?.
- Are you completely transferring the domain from one registrar to us? Visit this article, What Is the Process to Transfer A Domain Name?.
DNS Setup
- Do you want to point your domain to us for hosting? Check this article, How Do I Manage DNS and Advanced DNS Records?.
- Need help setting up your domain pointer? Please visit, How to Setup Domain Pointers.
Having a professional email account will help you manage your website and allow you to communicate with visitors to your site or potential customers in your online store. You can set up a contact form to your email and make it easy for site visitors to comment or ask questions about your products and services. It's going to be your direct communication to potential and existing customers.
Make your email a powerful tool to work together with your website!
- You can purchase our business email and get started now!
WebsiteBuilder: Features
WebsiteBuilder is one of the most user-friendly website builder tools available online. It is perfect for beginners and more advanced users as well.
It offers content elements one can add by merely selecting an element and choosing from pre-set layouts and unlimited creativity for a more advanced website. Creating a live website through WebsiteBuilder can be achieved in real-time as coding and plugins are not required.
We have added a lot of articles about WebsiteBuilder, almost all topics from the moment you thought of starting a WebsiteBuilder site until publishing it and doing troubleshooting. Simply go to our Knowledge Base site. Here are some of the video tutorials in the Knowledge Base:
- How to Access and Edit Your Site
- Getting Started - Video
- Selecting a Template
- Customizing Your Template
- Adding a Page
- Creating a Blog
- Using Effects
- Using the Mobile Editor
- Viewing Site Stats
- Improving Site Navigation
- How to Adjust and Edit Images - Video
- Adding a Store - Video
Get Started
Now that you have your Domain and DNS set up, as well as your emails, now is the time to sign up for a WebsiteBuilder plan. Your WebsiteBuilder plan is as essential as having a domain name since your website would not function without a plan.
The plans in WebsiteBuilder are categorized into three: Starter, Business, and Ecommerce. Each plan has its features that will help you decide which works best for your business. We recommend having the Business plan as it offers unlimited pages and a headstart to Analytics.
Getting Started in WebsiteBuilder has never been so easy. Of course, we even have made sure that we have enough materials to cover almost all of the topics in WebsiteBuilder. Listed below are a few of them.
- Needed more elaborate instructions on how to Get Started? Visit these articles Getting Started and Getting Started - Video.
- Knowing the basics such as accessing and editing your site? Check out How to Access and Edit Your Site.
- Wanting to start your Blog page? See How to Add a Blog.
- Working on a Blog page and need to manage it? Visit Managing Your Blog.
- Are you adding or managing a store, shipping labels, and products? Check this list.
- Are you adding content to your sites, such as images, videos, and links? Please see this list.
- Are you planning about SEO, Analytics, and Social Media branding? Here is the list of articles regarding these topics.
- Are you working on the format of your WebsiteBuilder? Browse through these links.
Publish Your Site
After hours and sometimes days of working on the site, editing its content, adding up appropriate images and videos, publishing your WebsiteBuilder site is very fulfilling.
This stage is not the end of everything. Having a website is a continuous process since you need to update the content of it, in some cases, for an online shop, you have to check the quantities or your inventory.
Here are some of the articles that you can check on to get help in publishing your site: