A step-by-step guide to building a website

Creating a website requires both domain name and web hosting, we assume you have already purchased domain & web hosting services from our website otherwise use this link to

learn how to purchase domain name & web hosting.

Step by Step instructions to build a website

Take some time to read this article and create your own website using the completely free web builder that comes from our web hosting packages.

775+ pre-made templates.
100+ widgets for customization.
Responsive Designing
One Click Publish
E-Commerce (In Beta)
Blog as an additional feature
Integration ready
Less Time Consuming
Social Media & Media
Open Architecture

We assume that you are already logged in to the site builder

Click the "Create New Site" option to start

Next, Select the 'get started' button

775+ pre-made templates are available on SitePad with different business types
Choose the option that best suits your business or blog

The demo is there, so before selecting the templates, you can see the release

You decide and select the template and then fill in the required details or enable the default and then edit

Enable Dev mode is a useful option that restricts public view before editing the entire site
Select 'Yes' if you want to use the template image by default or 'No' if you want to upload your own image on the website

Select 'Return to Sites' option to return to the sitepad's home

Go to DirectAdmin - Web Hosting Control

In the Direct Admin, select the File Manager option

Click on public_html to open the folder

Index.html should be removed or renamed because .html format is the first priority extension, but the sitepad will upload index.php, so after removing index.html, index.php will be the default homepage of the website.

Then close the file manager and go back to the sitepad

To View and Edit a Website 'Login to the Site' Options

Select 'Page' and 'All Pages' option to display and edit the pages you want

First you will get the "Edit Page Settings" option, its global settings for the specific page, so here you can edit tile, publish and add author information, link and other page attributes.

Close the 'Edit page settings' option and select the text or image area you want to edit
It will display 100+ widgets to customize anything

Add a CAPTCHA to Contact every Contact Form

A CAPTCHA can protect your website by generating tests or puzzles that protects websites against spam bots and abuse
Adding Google reCAPTCHA to forms in https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin/create (Before creating reCAPTCHA, you need to sign in with your google account)

add site key and secret key for google recaptcha

Now, google recaptcha will be added to the contact form