BaseKit Website Building Program

• Getting Started
• How does it work?
• Widgets
• Media & Files

We'd like to introduce you to BaseKit, a website building program offered by HostGator!

BaseKit is the world's most flexible website builder. It allows you to create professional websites from within your browser in just a few clicks. It is available with select HostGator web hosting plans.

Once you log into cPanel you will find the BaseKit tool under the Software/Services section.

This article includes:

• Introducing BaseKit (Video) ⤵
• BaseKit Getting Started Guide ⤵
• Why SiteBuilder? ⤵
• Need help? ⤵

Introducing BaseKit (Video)

BaseKit Getting Started Guide

• How does it work?
• Builder Layout
• Getting Started
  • Login
  • Choose a Template
    • Refine your Template by Changing it's Theme
    • Replacing your Template's Default Images
  • Set Site Defaults
    • Changing the Font Set in your Theme
    • Changing your Background in BaseKit
  • Site Layout
    • How to clone a page
    • Setting Page Options
    • Page Structure
  • Editing Text
    • Adding a Text Block Widget to a Page
    • Add a Scroll Bar
  • Editing Images
    • Working with Images
    • Adding a Link to an Image
    • Editing Image Attributes with the Image Panel
    • Images FAQ
  • Publishing Your BaseKit Site
• Widgets
  • Content Widgets
    • Setting Up & Managing Columns
    • How to Add a Google Map
    • How to Add Video
    • Adding an Image Carousel
    • BaseKit Navigation Panel
    • Adding a Comments Feature to your Page
    • Managing Comments
    • Site Search Bar
    • Image Carousel FAQ
  • Form Widgets
    • Form Options
  • Social Widgets
    • Adding a Twitter Feed to your Page
    • Adding an RSS News Feed to your Pages
    • Adding a Flickr Image Gallery
  • Template Widgets
• Media and Files
• Search Engines & Analytics
  • SEO Settings
  • Adding Google Analytics
  • Why isn't my site on Google?
  • How do I add a sitemap to my BaseKit site?
• Start Over in BaseKit

Why BaseKit?

Here are just a couple of reasons why we chose BaseKit:

• Extremely easy to use
• Drag-and-drop functionality
• Huge list of beautifully designed templates that you can customize
• Tons of additional widgets for you to implement (Twitter, Facebook, Google Maps, RSS, Flickr, forms, YouTube, PayPal, calendar and many more)!
• Supports multiple Languages
• Allows you to add/edit your own HTML and CSS
• Easy styling tools

And many, many more!

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