6 web design basics you should know We always recommend to have a professional web developer design and build business websites. However, it’s easy to become reliant on web developers for the full spectrum of web design needs. So, what happens if they are unavailable to you? Knowing the basics can help you out of a sticky situation and save money Anyway, what would it be a good idea for you to contribute an opportunity to learn? How to make changes to text on your website It may sound silly to the technically advanced, but this is probably the most fundamental of all the web design skills you should acquire as a small business owner. Making basic changes to text on your site is something you should definitely not be paying a developer for. Not only are developers expensive to employ, this task is relatively simple, and it won’t take you long to catch on. How to create a new page Before the arrival of Content Management Systems (CMS), like WordPress, Joomla and Drupal, adding a new page to your website was more than just an effort. It took time and the knowledge of a unique digital language (HTML) to hard code it. This made it incredibly difficult for anyone who wasn’t a developer to add new pages to an existing site. Now, with CMS readily available not just to developers, it has become very easy to add and remove pages from your site with the touch of a button. How to upload a photo Once you have added a new page, you’ll want to diversify the content it contains. The traditional way to do this is with the addition of images to break up your text. Pre-CMS, adding images was another pain point for non-experts and required HTML knowledge. While you can still use HTML to do so, now, with any of the website building suites, you are able to embed and manipulate images easily. Platforms, like WordPress, give you the option to add images using the CMS interface or toggle to the ‘text’ tab and add images manually with code. How to post a blog Blogging is an important element to any website as it keeps your business relevant and discoverable. It’s recommended that you update your business blog at least once a month to keep Google crawling your site. Just like creating a new page, any business owner should be able to navigate their way through their site’s ‘back end’ to add a new blog article with a click of the mouse.
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