Strikingly Websites Narration

http://bit.ly/2Xegcjq Introduced in 2012, Strikingly is a website builder that gives users the power to create a professional-looking website with little-to-no experience in web development. For this reason, and many more that you’ll discover in the rest of our review — Strikingly is a go-to for independent practitioners, freelancers, and small business owners. Strikingly specializes in one-page websites, but you can add additional pages to your site, up to twenty in fact. There are however many advantages to having a one-page website, namely being easily digestible. You also have all of your most important information on a single page, which will likely work to your advantage, as the homepage is weighed heaviest by SEO giants like Google. Templates Strikingly’s templates are designed for one-page websites — and with only 25 templates to choose from, Strikingly’s a library of designs is certainly on the smaller side compared to competitors Wix and Weebly. For what it lacks in variety and range of design, Strikingly’s templates more than make-up for in modern design, functionality, and ease-of-use. The template library is split into six categories, making it easier to find a design for your website: Business Startup Personal Portfolio Store Blog You will find the largest selection of templates in the business category, although the list of options does feel limited and owners of niche businesses may struggle to find the right template for their vertical. Having said this, all templates – the layout, design, and colors – are fully customizable and can even be switched during the editing process without losing valuable content already on your site. And while there is no blank canvas template, pro account holders may access and edit their website’s header and footer code to make further customizations. Strikingly Pro, Header & Footer Display. Here, you can make customizations to your Header & Footer. Strikingly also allows you to connect your LinkedIn account to Strikingly’s platform and the editor will use your LinkedIn details to create a personalized and professional-looking site. The platform then lets you design and customize the site and connect your own domain name (if you should choose to upgrade to a Pro account). Get Strikingly Although the majority of Strikingly’s templates are designed for one-page websites, it is possible to add a blog, eCommerce functionalities (free of charge) and additional pages to your site (available with a Pro account). The Editor Once you’ve selected a template, you are taken to Strikingly’s editor. From there, you can access and edit the layout, background, add titles, buttons and more. Within the editor, you can also add links to valuable resources, products, ads as well as additional pages. Once you choose a template you can “take a tour.” This is not only helpful but offers an in-depth explanation of the toolbar and insightful hacks on editing your site. Its sidebar editor has three main sections – “Styles” “Settings” and “Sections.” Styles In the Styles section, you can change the color scheme of your navigation menu and site background and are given several options for colors, title fonts, heading fonts and text fonts depending on the template you use. You can upload your business’s logo and Strikingly will automatically select your site’s color scheme based on that of your logo. From within the Styles section, you can add personalized animations that will change the way your page scrolls, the way your background looks and add effects when users hover over images. If you want to change your website’s template, you can go to the template library and select your new design from the Styles section. Settings The majority of your sites valuable features and elements can be edited from the Settings section, including: Basic Info: Access to editing “Basic Info” like your site’s name, categ This podcast is sponsored by Anchor Voice Messages, Anchor , and Kristen and Ch(ill) Podcast Become a supporter of this podcast: https://anchor.fm/roger-keyserling/support

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