Weebly Blog Archive
When I first started out, I created new websites on both Weebly and Squarespace. I’ve since decided to focus on Squarespace websites for new clients, but there are a lot of you who still have Weebly websites and it’s a great DIY website platform. I hope you find these tips, tricks, and shortcuts helpful.
I can also help you update your Weebly website through my custom website services. Feel free to set up a free phone consultation to see how I can help.
5 ways to speed up design time on Weebly
I always love it when I find something that speeds up repetitive tasks. So when I discovered Weebly shortcuts for copying website pages to create new ones early on in my website design career, I was sold.
How to promote classes on your Weebly website
Classes are a type of recurring group educational event, held in person or online. Each time the class runs, it will have a different date and possibly a different time. You should make the classes easy to find and sign up for on your website. Using a scheduling program can automate the processes of registration and payment.
How to design your Weebly blog page
If you are starting a blog for your website or adding one to an existing website, it’s helpful to review your choices for your blog page’s design. Any website can include a blog.
Button up your Weebly site with SSL
Enabling SSL security for your website ensures an encrypted connection between a visitor's website browser and your website. It also has the added bonus of giving you a boost in Google search results. Find out what I learned about setting up Weebly websites with SSL that you must know.
Start with plain text for easier Weebly website updates
If you add text to your website by copying text from other sources, such as email, word-processing documents, online articles, and social media, it's important to convert the text to plain text before pasting it into your website. With Weebly or other website editors, use a plain text editor as an intermediary, such as Notepad or TextEdit.
Is your Weebly website responsive when smartphones are calling?
With so many people looking for information on their smartphones, it's critical that your website employs a responsive design. A website that has a "responsive design" responds to the screen size of the reader’s device and narrows or widens pages so information fits the width of the device. Before you consider a website page ready to publish, check the page with the Mobile preview feature so you can see the page as a cell phone user will see it.
Choosing a Weebly theme based on where the navigation text falls
Narrow down your Weebly theme choices by deciding where you want the navigation bar to be placed and how wide the banner image is.
Quit telling me to "submit" on your Weebly Contact form
It's a pet peeve of mine. Website builders use the word "Submit" as the default button text on a form and I dislike seeing that word on a form I'm filling out. I might like to send you a message but I'm certainly not going to "submit" to anything. Do me, and the internet, a favor and change the default button text on your Contact forms to anything other than "Submit."
How to choose a domain name for your Weebly website
If you’re getting ready to create your first website on Weebly, find out how you can claim that perfect domain name for your website.
Should you connect or transfer your domain to Weebly?
If you already have a domain you purchased from another company, but are new to Weebly, you’ll need to decide how to associate your domain with your website: connect it or transfer it. There are pros and cons to each choice.
My 10 favorite text tips for Weebly websites
Here are my 10 favorite text tips to help you create a modern and professional-looking Weebly website.
Improving SEO for your Weebly website images
Images play a role in improving your website's search rankings. Using file names and image properties strategically on your Weebly website to include possible search words is a good practice for improving the search rankings of your website.
9 tricks for your Weebly text elements
Understanding how Weebly text elements work and interact with other elements will help you shape your pages the way you want with indents, margins, columns, and wrap-around text.
Spacers: Your Weebly website's invisible super power
Spacers are invisible design elements that add blank space to any part of a Weebly website page. I call them a website super power because they are incredibly useful for adding space around elements on a page.
Use a custom domain and launch a cheap Weebly website
Weebly has some low-cost options to help you balance professionalism with cost savings for your website.
The three secrets to reaching Weebly Phone Support
I have found Weebly Support very helpful over the years, but they've recently made it a little harder to reach a human. I really like Weebly as a website platform, so I thought it was time to write a blog post revealing the three secrets to get to talk to a human at Weebly without tearing your hair out.
How to share your unfinished Weebly website
To preview your Weebly website as you’re designing it or to gather feedback from others before you launch, use these techniques to share your unfinished website.
How and why to add PDFs to your Weebly website
PDFs are a useful addition to your Weebly website if you want to provide information that isn’t for general use or is too lengthy to add to a website page.
How to archive a page in Weebly
Whether you want to archive a page for posterity or for your future use, here are the instructions for properly archiving the page without causing 404 Page Not Found errors on your Weebly website.
How to find free photos you love for your Weebly website
Find beautiful free photos that convey the perfect tone and message for your Weebly website.