The Bluehost website builder is a window into WordPress and, as you might already know, is quite easy to use, although the setup can be a bit frustrating.
However, I complained to the support about the frustrating setup and they assured me that it was a temporary issue, arising from an upgrade being done by the technical team at that time. I’m confident it’s better but here’s my experience using the builder.
Setup
Once you have a paid Website Builder package, Bluehost redirects you to the website dashboard upon login. On this dashboard, all your websites will be displayed, but since I was just starting out, I only got a prompt for me to create my first website.
Once I clicked the “Create a New Site” button, I had to answer a few questions from their interactive setup pages, and I was provided a series of templates to choose from.
It was a very smooth process. Once I chose a template, all I had to do was begin customizing it to suit my brand message, color, and style.
Designing
The design experience is a pretty seamless one. However, it could be an intensely creative endeavor if you choose to build your website from scratch. Choosing a template can ease the job significantly. All you need to do is edit the elements (texts, buttons, forms, and images) and style them to fit your brand tone and style.
Text Styling
Font styles, colors, and sizes matter on a website just as images and logos do. And ensuring the uniformity of these texts across the website can be a daunting task.
On the Bluehost website builder, you can easily style texts by selecting the block of text that you wish to style. The styling options are always above the highlighted texts. From here, you can easily choose how you want a given set of text to appear on your website with relative ease.
Form Customization
Forms are essential tools to obtain personal information from your visitors. With the Bluehost drag-and-drop website editor, you can add a customizable form anywhere on your website.
While there are several form templates to choose from, you have the complete freedom to design your form from scratch.
When you choose to work with a template, you can swiftly customize it to suit your taste. All you need to do is select the form and click the edit icon on the top left corner of the form block.
Button Design
Buttons are the best way to drive visitors to take action on your website. When you strategically place them, it is nearly impossible for your target audience to miss them. Due to the impact of buttons, the Bluehost website builder, with its access to WordPress customizations, makes it easy to design buttons to match your brand identity and catch visitors’ attention.
With the features offered by the website editor, you can customize the text and color of the button. You can also get creative with the contour of every button on your website.
App Integration
The Bluehost website builder allows you to integrate with thousands of apps (both paid and free). Integrating these apps is super easy. All you have to do is navigate to the marketplace, search for the app you want to integrate, and simply push the “install” button.
Remember that Bluehost builder is a window to WordPress. So, alternatively, you can use your WordPress dashboard to install apps as plugins. It’s an easy 4-step process here. Just go to the plugins section from your WordPress dashboard, select “Add New”, search for the app you wish to integrate and click “install”.
Easy-peasy, coconut-breaky!
