How To Build A Website On GoDaddy – Forbes Advisor

GoDaddy has several templates generated from the industry you have selected. However, in order to create a suitable website for your business, you need to design the pages, sections, images, and text to match your branding style.

Add your pictures

To add an image to your website, click To update, which is to the right of the image. Feel free to browse the available stock images or import images from your computer or social media. When you find an image you like, click on it insertion. Remember to add alternative text to describe the image to users.

To edit an image, click on it. An editing menu will appear on your screen where you can add and crop filters and effects.

You can also add your company logo. To do this, click on the name of your website. Then click Upload or create a logo to select one from your computer. By selecting the insertion button, the logo appears. You can click now Finished to continue to the next step.

Add your text

This step is pretty easy. Click the sample text to highlight, delete, or add it. Multiple text editing options are available ranging from italics to bold, numbered lists, bullets, and size.

Don’t expect to add new text boxes to your website, however, as GoDaddy doesn’t allow you to click and drag text boxes. You can only add a new section, which allows you to change the accompanying text.

Add new sections

Your site contains a few sections including the Header, About Us, Contact Us, Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions. To make it unique add more features like menus, blogs, calendar, social feeds, videos and photo galleries. To do this, click on one of the plus signs (+) in your dashboard. You can also delete sections you don’t want.

GoDaddy allows you to add up to 20 sections per page and change elements in the header and footer areas. However, you cannot add more headers or footers.

To change the headline or subtitle, click the existing text. And if you want to replace the header image, click on the image itself and then on that cover media Button. Then click on change picture to add images from your computer or a collection of stock images. There is also a feed you can use to describe this image.

To make changes to your call-to-action (CTA) button, tap the button itself. A submenu will open where you can edit the action text, link to a website URL, and reposition the button.

But don’t stop there, as visitors expect to find information like your contact information and links to terms of service, privacy policies, and social media accounts in the footer. So it’s good that you update it. Click on accent to change the background color and enter your information in the fields provided Company name, address and phone number. Then click on social accounts to connect your accounts to your website.

Add new pages

After adding text and images to different areas of your website, it’s good that you create a page structure that suits your business needs. To do this, click on website in the top right corner of your dashboard. You can see how your pages are structured.

To add new pages, click the plus sign (+) icon on the site navigation Menu. You can rename, duplicate and delete created pages. You can also add external links and dropdown menus. And if you want to rearrange the pages, click the icon next to the plus sign (+) icon.

GoDaddy also lets you make selected pages private and block content for specific users. For example, you can set it to open only for users with a code, link, or account.