Chapter 6. How To Make A Website For A Business?
Now a website is what your business will always need, so you can follow the tutorial we have. You will learn how you can make a presentable business website:
Adding A Theme
Now you know how to add a theme to your website, but which one would suit such a site? Well, you should try Astra.
Adding Templates And Plugins
Now adding your plugins is simple, and you can do it by going to your backend. Make sure you have Elementor on your website, and there are some other things you need to add. First, make sure that you install and activate “Starter Templates.”
- We used the same plugin in the blog website creation.
- Then, you can add a business template to your website. You can search them from your search bar and use a free one. Then, you can add a template that suits your website.
- Try using one with your company types, like a digital agency or physical business. You just have to be sure that your templates match your website type. This way, you will not have to do too much editing to complete your pages.
- Try importing all templates that you want to add to your website.
- Once you have all of them on your website, you can make it look quite different. So your website will look better and more impressive.
Home Page
Editing your home page is super easy for a WordPress website. All you have to do is to ensure that you know where to edit them from, and most of the job will be dragging and dropping stuff. So, here are some things to remember:
- You can add the content you want, including any images.
- You can edit a column by selecting the pen symbol you see around them. Also, you can edit sections by clicking the 6-symbols button on its top.
- There will be snippets for any text content you want to change. On the other hand, you can change background images by going into the “Style” tab and clicking the image you find there.
- Changing some text alignment is also easy by clicking it and going to the Style tab. You can align your text according to what looks great on the template and page.
- Every tab and content type has its own special uses and settings.
Now, these changes are possible in Elemnetor, and you do not have to spend too much time on them. But, simultaneously, you can experiment with things and change them as you like. This way, you learn the whole UI or user interface and find new opportunities.
Style, Content, And Advanced Tabs
There are three main parts of setting in the Elemntor plugin. So, you can use them for front-end development and building your pages. These three settings tabs work so well to give any kind of layout you would need for your business website. In the next sections, you can read about all three of them and how they can ensure better website designs for you:
The Style Tab
There are several options in your style tab for Elementor. For instance, you can add:
- Colors
- Typography: font size, font type
Adding Buttons
Now, adding other elements to your website is a must-one no one can or should deny. So, buttons are one of these important parts of such websites.
- You can try using buttons on any page of your website that can help you boost your results. So, you can try to use Elementor for the purpose.
- Go to a section you want to add your button, and you can drag and drop your button there.
- All you have to do is look for a button widget in your elements panel, and there you go.
- Next, you should also link your button to a certain part of your website. It can be a page that you link with your button.
- For this purpose, you should go to the link tab on your left and add the URL of your page.
- The same link can be for something offline that you would like to include on your website.
Making A Contact Page
There are a number of plugins you can use to make forms on your contact page. So, you can try using them to make your contact page more interesting to get more emails for email campaigns. One of these plugins is WPforms which you can use by:
- Make sure you install WPforms into your website.
- Then, you should go to WPforms in your backend.
- Next, you can see an option that says “Add New.”
- You can name your form according to your needs.
- Then, you can find options about the form you want. So, select the option you want and use them.
- Also, you can add or delete your fields to ensure your form looks amazing.
- When adding your fields to your form, there will be several options.
- Also, it allows you to add a required and optional field.
- Adding some code for your subscribers is another possibility you can have.
- There will be a huge range of options for your forms, so try the ones that suit you.
Adding Different Features to Your Website
Now, using features for your website means adding things that actually have the best beauty for your business website. So, here is what to do:
- You can try add-ons from your plugin named “Essential Add-ons.” Go to your site’s backend and add this plugin to your website just like any other one.
- Adding animation to your text is also possible that you can do by adding a new widget to your page.
- The name of this widget will be “Fancy Text,” which you can search for and add to your website.
- Then, you can add different texts that you want to animate. Also, you can change your text color by just going to the “Style” tab and the “Fancy Text” “Style” tab.
- You can change your font family and font size from the “Style” tab in your Elementor.
- Also, you can try different effects you can add to your fancy text.
- Then, you can try to go to your mobile and tablet versions and make changes to ensure they work for all versions.
Services Section Changes
Now your services section is an important part that you must keep in mind at all costs. So, this is what you can try out:
You can see your services section if you have added the same theme.
- Change your icons and text from this part.
- Also, you can add any images or icons you want to add to this section.
- Then, you can add an “Our Customers” section to show your testimonials there.
- You can add any new texts, images, or other media to your website here.
- Try adding pictures of your team members to make sure you show your team to your clients.
Logo To Your Header
Adding a logo to your website is an essential thing to remember. You can go to your header section in Elementor and click the section to add your logo. Also, you can change any colors you want to add to your website or remove any. Then, go to the Design section and add your logo by changing settings from the window that opens at the bottom of your page.
Final Thoughts
We discussed how you could make websites in WordPress. You can read about the complete process from the beginning to the end and the different elements of WordPress. Also, you can read about buying hosting and a domain and how to monetize your website.
In this guide, you can read how to make a blog and business websites. Also, you can read about different elements of a website, like plugins, themes, page builders, and widgets. Finally, you can find the step-by-step guide to making a blog website. You can also try using custom WordPress development on a website if you know how to code.
You can also read about how you can change your website by simply editing some text and adding widgets and other parts. So, it was our detailed guide you could definitely use for making great websites that also look amazing.