There are loads of website builders available on the market including open source ones. It’s easy to get lost in the thicket of possibilities. We\u2019ll show you the elements to consider while searching for the most reliable tool. Then we\u2019ll take a close look at the several open source website builders.<\/p>\n
Website builders are the tools that allow you to\u00a0create a webpage without coding. Most of all, they should be easy and intuitive to use so that you wouldn\u2019t have to spend too much time building your website. Let\u2019s see other elements and features the chosen software should have.<\/p>\n
Components are the ready-made elements like banners, text blocks, image section, and footer, just to name a few, that you can use to build your website. They give you great flexibility as you can arrange them the way you want. Once you do that, you need to customize these elements by adding content, graphics, and icons, as well as modifying colors and styles. You can achieve it all by yourself without spending money on the developers\u2019 support.\u00a0The pre-built blocks also aren\u2019t assigned to the specific type of pages, so you can freely use them anywhere on your website<\/strong>, which saves time f.e. while building\u00a0new landing pages. What\u2019s more, when you change the design of a chosen component\u2019s template, the adjustments are automatically applied on all subpages including it. Take a look at the other advantages of the\u00a0component-based design.<\/p>\n Although we consider creating a website out of pre-built blocks as the most flexible solution, another option is to use the templates.\u00a0They are made for the specific type of pages like homepage or services and have a set of fields dedicated for them<\/strong>. Let\u2019s say you\u2019re building the first kind of page. Then you\u2019ll see elements like a slider, call to action, an image section with a place for three graphics, and a text area ordered in a fixed manner. You just need to fill them with content to create your homepage.<\/p>\n When selecting a website builder with the template architecture, make sure it contains a lot of templates to choose from. They should also be customizable and responsive (to look good on different types of devices). However, remember that using templates you can\u2019t manipulate their layout, reuse the content, nor share it across pages.<\/p>\n While trialing a website builder, check whether it\u2019s\u00a0easy to add and change content<\/strong>, like text, images, videos, buttons, and forms in it. Make sure that interacting with content will be intuitive for a regular editor by testing e.g. how many steps it takes to edit some element.<\/p>\n Running a blog\u00a0is crucial for many businesses to show their expertise to potential clients. That\u2019s why\u00a0a website builder should have an option to create blog posts<\/strong>, as well as assign the right categories to them. The latter makes it easier to browse articles on a particular subject. An additional asset will be having social media share buttons to enable the readers to distribute your content among their followers on Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn to increase your brand visibility.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve already mentioned that a website builder should let you add visual types of content like images and videos. When testing a tool for building websites, check the exact possibilities it provides regarding multimedia. Here are a few aspects that are worth taking into consideration:<\/p>\n Collecting contact information on your webpage is necessary for reaching the people interested in your offer.\u00a0A website builder should allow easy creation of\u00a0forms<\/strong>, as well as a possibility to select the fields (like name, email, industry, company size) that meet your needs.<\/p>\n With\u00a0SEO-optimized content, your website is better visible for search engines and can rank higher on the result pages. That\u2019s why\u00a0it\u2019s good to check if a website builder has a built-in SEO tool<\/strong>\u00a0that lets you add the relevant meta tags, keywords, and alt texts.<\/p>\n By analyzing the users\u2019 behavior on a website, you\u2019ll know what to add or improve on it. Check if a particular website builder offers a built-in analytics solution or enables integration with third-party analytics tools like Google Analytics.<\/p>\n In part 1 of the article, we introduced to you the factors you need to look for when choosing an open source code (Open Source) for your website. Please see part 2 of the article, we will introduce to you the open source website building tools available on the market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are loads of website builders available on the market including open source ones. It’s easy to get lost in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":3548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,24,22,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beits-activities","category-news","category-products-of-beit","category-website-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTemplates<\/h3>\n
Content management<\/h3>\n
Blog<\/h3>\n
Multimedia<\/h3>\n
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Forms<\/h3>\n
SEO<\/h3>\n
Analytics<\/h3>\n
Epilogue<\/h2>\n