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This article will teach you how to build a website with Website Builder. Creating a professional website no longer requires coding knowledge, expensive developers, or weeks of development time. With the Hosted.com® Website Builder, you can design, customize, and publish a fully functional website in a matter of minutes.
Website Builder provides access to a wide range of professionally designed templates that can be tailored to suit your specific needs. Instead of starting from scratch, you can use these templates as a foundation, ensuring your website maintains a polished and consistent look while still allowing full creative control over layout, content, and functionality.
What makes the Hosted.com® Website Builder particularly powerful is its ability to combine speed with customization, enabling you to get your website online quickly while still having the tools to refine and enhance it over time.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
How to Build a Website with Website Builder
Before getting started, ensure your Hosted.com® Website Builder plan is active.
1. Login to your Hosted.com® Client Area.
2. Navigate to Manage Services.
3. Select Website Builder from the available options.
4. Click Launch Website Builder to open your workspace.
Select a Template
The Hosted.com® Website Builder offers a wide range of professionally designed templates to help you get started quickly.
1. Browse template categories based on your website’s purpose.
2. Choose a template that best fits your brand or industry.
3. Click Select to begin editing.
Once loaded:
- Click on the header text to edit your website title.
- Replace placeholder text with your own content.
- Update contact details, such as your email address.
Edit Website Content
Customizing your website content is simple and intuitive:
- Click any text element to edit and replace it.
- Double-click elements like email fields to update contact details.
- Use the right-hand toolbar to adjust fonts, colors, and styles.
1. Select the button you wish to customize.
2. Locate the Text section in the right-hand panel.
3. Update the button label to match your call-to-action.
Create & Name Web Pages
A well-structured website improves both user experience and navigation.
1. Add or manage pages within the Website Builder interface.
2. Use essential pages such as:
- Home.
- About Us.
- Contact.
3. Create additional pages for:
- Products or Services.
- Blog or News.
- Any custom content.
You can also:
- Adjust background colors using the color picker.
- Apply your brand colors and fonts.
- Upload and position your logo.
Add Content & Widgets
Enhance your website by adding content and functional elements:
- Insert your pre-written text and images.
- Drag and drop widgets into position.
- Use elements such as:
- Contact forms.
- Image galleries.
- Buttons.
- Social media links.
The drag-and-drop functionality allows you to easily rearrange sections and experiment with layouts without any technical limitations.
Publish Your Website
Once your website is ready:
1. Hover over the Publish button.
2. Click Publish to make your site live.
You can also:
- Save your progress as a draft.
- Preview your website before publishing.
Additional Information
- The Hosted.com® Website Builder is designed to streamline the entire website creation process while still offering the depth and functionality required to build a professional and scalable website.
- One of the standout features of the platform is its responsive design capability, which ensures that your website automatically adjusts to different screen sizes and devices. This allows visitors to have a seamless browsing experience whether they are accessing your site using a smartphone, tablet, or desktop computer.
- In addition to design flexibility, the platform includes a wide range of drag-and-drop widgets and plugins that can be easily integrated into your website, enabling you to add functionality such as contact forms, social media integrations, image galleries, and more, all without writing a single line of code, which significantly lowers the barrier to entry for users who are new to website development.
- For users looking to sell products or services online, the built-in ecommerce functionality provides the tools required to create and manage an online store, including the ability to add product listings, configure payment gateways, manage inventory, and track orders, making it possible to run a fully operational online business directly from your website.
- Security is also a key consideration, and Hosted.com® includes free SSL certificates with its hosting services, ensuring that all data transmitted between your website and its visitors is encrypted and secure, which not only protects sensitive information, but also improves your website’s credibility and search engine visibility by enabling HTTPS.
- Taken together, these features make Website Builder a comprehensive solution that balances ease of use with powerful capabilities, allowing you to build, customize, and grow your website with confidence.
Login to Hosted.com® Account
1. Go to the Hosted.com® website Account Login page.
2. Enter your Email and Password and click the Sign In button.
3. You will see the Hosted.com® Dashboard, displaying the Manage Account menu on the left and your Account Information, Account Overview and Open Support Tickets on the right.
Login to cPanel from your Hosted.com® Dashboard
4. Click on Manage Services to view the sub-dropdown menu and select the hosting package for the domain you want to work with – in our example we are using WordPress Hosting.
5. Click the Manage button to the right of the domain name you want to access.
6. The display will now show Product Information, Quick Manage, Resource Usage and Site Statistics for that domain name.
7. Under Product Information, scroll down to Control Panel, which will display cPanel to the right, and click on the Login button.
8. The cPanel Dashboard will now be displa
