So, instead of random URLs, you can use your brand name in the web address (e.g., Floral Designs, Jane’s Cafe). This helps present a clear and professional URL to your visitors.

In this article, we’ll show you how you can easily enable and use the Branded Site URL feature in ZipWP.

Note: The Branded Site URLs feature is exclusively available for users on the Business Plan.

Enabling The Branded Site URLs Feature

To get started, you’ll need to log in to your ZipWP account and follow these steps:

• Click on your profile picture icon at the top-right and select “My Account”.

• Here, scroll down to Preferences and click on the “Edit” button next to it.

• Enable the “Branded URL” toggle button and click on Save Changes.

Now, you can create sites with a custom URL that matches the name of your brand.

Creating a New Website With a Custom Branded URL

After enabling the feature, here’s how you can create a new site with your custom URL:

• Start creating any type of new website from your ZipWP dashboard.

• Choose a site label for your website that reflects your brand name. This label will become part of your URL. 

Click on the Create Site button once you’re done.

Now, the newly created website will have your brand name included in the website. For example:

With the Branded URLs feature, you can create multiple sites using different brand names. This will help you customize each site’s URL according to its specific branding.

That’s all! If you have any questions, feel free to contact us. We’re always here to help.

For instance, an e-commerce company may want to operate multiple online stores targeting different markets, product categories, or customer segments. With WordPress multisite, they can easily set up and manage separate storefronts for each niche within a single WordPress installation.

So, instead of managing multiple e-commerce platforms separately, WordPress multisite allows the company to oversee all its stores from one central dashboard. 

In this article, we’ll show how easily you can create and set up multisites within ZipWp.

Creating WordPress Multisites Using ZipWp

Follow these steps to create your own multisite in ZipWP:

• Navigate to your ZipWP dashboard and create a new blank website.

• Provide a name for your website and enable this checkbox to create a multisite network.

ZipWP will create a new WordPress multisite with you as a super-admin/network admin. This role has the highest level of access and authority over the entire Multisite network. 

Setting Up WordPress Multisites

Note: ZipWP does not currently support mapped domains on WordPress Multisite setups. This means that while you can create multiple sites within your network, you cannot map custom domain names to these individual subsites at this time.

You can find all the network-level settings at My Sites > Network Admin. Access this area whenever you want to manage all the websites connected to your network. 

Note: These options will only be visible to you as a super-admin. 

• To create a new site within your network, access My Sites > Network Admin > Sites.

• Here you will find all of your subsites including your primary one. Click on the Add New Site button to create a new WordPress site.

• Choose the website’s URL, title, and admin email here. If you opt for a completely new email, a new user will be created using that email, and the login details will be sent to the new email address.

• You can also access these sites directly from the My Sites dropdown menu.

When it comes to plugins, you can only install and delete them through the Network Admin section. Here’s how you can manage plugins:

• Navigate to My Sites > Network Admin > Plugins.

• You can install any plugin directly from this section.

• You can activate your preferred plugins for the entire network by choosing the Network Activate option from the “Installed Plugins” section. This ensures that the plugins are activated on all your sub-sites simultaneously.

• This is how the same section appears on one of your sub-sites.

• Only network admins can deactivate or delete these plugins for the entire network.

These are just a few examples of what ZipWP multisites can help you achieve. Create a multisite now to open up even more possibilities!

And if you have any more questions, please contact our support team. They’re always here to lend a hand whenever you need it!

1. E-commerce
2. Automation & Integrations
3. Accepting Donations
4. Video Player
5. Free Live Chat Support

When you select any or all of these features, the necessary plugins are automatically added to your website. This saves you the trouble of having to install and activate each one manually.

Along with these, your website will automatically have a dedicated blog section, a page builder plugin (Spectra), and a contact form installed.

In this guide, we’ll show you how you can do this and provide guidance on configuring these plugins.

Let’s get started.

Adding Features to Your Website

Adding these features to your website is easy, just follow the steps below.

• Login to your ZipWP account and start creating a complete website.

• Configure your website as you need until you reach the Select Features panel. Here, select the features you want and click Start Building.

Note: The Blog, Page Builder, and the Contact Form checkbox are selected by default. These features create a dedicated blog section, install the Spectra page builder plugin, and a new contact form page on your site.

• You will find these plugins downloaded on your website after it’s created.

Configuring These Features

After the website is created, you’ll be prompted to set up each one of these plugins. Simply follow the instructions provided by WordPress.

This section deals with what plugin is used for each feature and how you can easily configure them and start using it out of the box.

Donation

We use SureCart to accept donations. SureCart is an e-commerce platform for WordPress websites.

Here’s how you can set up SureCart’s donation functionality on your website.

• Click on the SureCart plugin on the left panel. Follow the simple instructions to create and customize your store as per your needs.

• Add a donation page by visiting Pages > Add New Page.

• Add a Checkout Form block by clicking the + icon and selecting Donation as a starting design in the following steps.

For more details on this, please check out our article on setting up a donation page in SureCart.

Automation and Integrations

OttoKit is an automation platform that allows you to easily connect all of your WordPress sites, plugins, and external apps.

Click on OttoKit to get started.

You only need to follow the instructions given by WordPress to create and connect your OttoKit account with your website.

OttoKit has integrations available for hundreds of apps. You can find the ones you want, here.

Sales Funnel

Sales Funnel is important because it turns visitors into potential customers who will eventually make purchases.

CartFlows is one such plugin that’ll help you get started with readily available funnel templates without much prior expertise.

Getting started with CartFlows is very easy, here’s how you can create a marketing funnel with CartFlows.

Video Player

You can also add videos to your website. We use Presto Player for this purpose.

You don’t need to configure the Presto Player plugin. You can just start using it directly on your website.

Check out Presto player’s docs to learn more about customizing your videos.

Live Chat

Live chat allows you to engage with your website visitors in real time, providing instant assistance and fostering better customer relationships.

We use 3CX Live Chat for this purpose. Click here to get started with 3CX Live Chat.

The setup is quite straightforward. If you don’t have a 3CX account, you’ll be guided through creating an account and filling in basic information.

After the account is created, come back to the same section on your WordPress dashboard.

Finally, select pages on your website where you want to enable live chat. Save the changes once you are done.

You can also check this article for more information on setting up 3CX Live Chat.

That’s it! We hope this guide helped you.

If you need help configuring any of these plugins, please reach out to us. We’re always happy to help!

Now, you also want to add a dedicated blog post page where you can create blog posts related to your industry and bring visitors to your website.

Fortunately, this doesn’t require much effort. You can easily add a blog page to your website with just a few simple clicks.

All you need to do is – add a new page with the title ‘Blog’, select it as your post page in WordPress reading settings, and add the page to the menu.

This might sound a little complex but it’s super easy.

In this guide, we will walk you through the complete process of setting up a blog page on the site you’ve created using ZipWP.

How To Add A Blog Page On Your Site?

To create a blog post, you can simply follow these steps:

• Log in to your WordPress admin dashboard.
• Navigate to Pages and click on Add New to create a new page.

• Give your page a relevant title, such as “Blog” or “Latest Updates.”

• Publish the page.

The next step is to add the page to a post page in WordPress reading settings.

How To Select A Page As Post Page In WordPress?

When you select a page as the post page for your WordPress site, WordPress will display all the posts on the page you have chosen.

To select a page as a post page, follow these steps.

• Click on Reading settings.

• Select the page you created as your post page.

• Save the changes.

Now, you probably may not have any posts on your website as it’s newly created. However, you can add some sample posts on your website and see how the blog page displays your posts.

This post layout and design is created by Astra theme that’s being used on your website, which is customizable.

After selecting the page as a post page, the only thing that you need to do is add the page to your menu so it’s visible to people who visit your website.

How To Add Blog Page To Your Website Menu?

Below are the steps that you need to follow to add any page to your website’s menu.

• Click on the Menu option under Appearance.

• Click on View All.

• Select the newly created Blog page and click on the Add to Menu button.

• When you see the blog page added to the menu list, click on the Save Menu button.

Once you add the page to your menu, it will display in the header of your site so people can see and explore posts on your website.

That’s it. People can find your posts easily on your WordPress site.

Hope this article helped you understand how you can add a blog page to your WordPress site created using ZipWP.

In this article, we’ll understand more about Spectra and how you can customize your website using the Spectra page builder.

What Is Spectra?

Spectra is a page builder for WordPress that provides a wide range of unique and creative blocks on top of the default WordPress page editor, enabling you to build and design pages or posts without writing a single line of code.

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It offers an easy-to-use interface, customization options, and a library of pre-built Starter Templates to help you build awesome websites in minutes.

Now, as we discussed, ZipWP uses Spectra’s design blocks to create your website, which is totally customizable after the website is created.

What Can You Customize With Spectra?

You can use the Spectra page builder to customize all the elements that you see on the pages of your website, including changing colors, managing spacing around elements, background colors, and much more.

Basically, you can edit everything that you see on the pages of your website.

How To Customize Site Using Spectra?

We’ll understand this with an example. Imagine you have created a Chinese restaurant business website, and you have added a cool hero section to the page in English.

However, you want to change it to something more personalized. Now, this page has been created using Spectra blocks.

To make the changes, you can simply edit the page, customize it, and update the page.

Let’s see how:

• Go to your WordPress admin area and click on Pages.

• Edit the page where you want to make the changes.

• Look for the section you want to edit and click on it.

Now, you will notice that most of the sections on your site are created using Spectra blocks, and settings to customize the block or the element are available on the right sidebar.

• Click on the element that you want to edit, and make the desired changes. For our demonstration, we’ll just change the heading text.

• Once you’re satisfied with the changes, click on the Update button.

After updating, you can review the changes you made on your website. Similarly, you can customize any part of any page on your website that uses Spectra blocks.

That’s all about how you can customize your website using Spectra. If you need more help, please feel free to reach out to us!

Using these tools, you can customize your website to a great extent after your website is created.

In this article, we’ll see how you can use Astra’s customization options to change the appearance of your website from header to footer.

What Is Astra Theme?

Astra is a WordPress theme that assists you in creating modern websites that load quickly, look appealing, and are highly customizable.

It can help you in designing the layout, headers, footers, and post pages of your website. To learn more, you can visit Astra’s website.

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When To Use Astra Customizer?

You can use Astra’s customizer when you’ve to customize the following parts of your website:

• Color scheme – palette, page background, buttons, etc.
• Header
• Menus
• Breadcrumbs
• Page Layout
• Page/post sidebars
• Blog pages
• Footer

And more. You can learn all about the customizations you can make with Astra theme here.

How to Customize Your Website With Astra Theme?

To customize your ZipWP website with Astra, follow the steps below:

• Go to the WordPress admin area of the site.
• Click on Appearance and then Customize.

• You will reach Astra’s customizer. Make all the customizations possible with Astra as per your needs.

• Once you’re satisfied with the changes, click on Publish to update your modifications.

Now, you can review the changes on your website. If you want to make more adjustments, simply visit Astra’s customizer again and make the desired changes.

We hope this article was informative. If you have any questions, reach out to us!

We’ll understand how it helps and how to use it to customize your website.

What Is ZipWP Customizer & How Does It Help?

When you create a complete website with ZipWP, you get a nice-looking website with color themes and a selection of font families.

You can preview the website once it’s created.

However, if you feel like making changes to your website, such as altering the color palette, changing the font family, adding a logo, deciding whether to display the title of the website around the logo, etc., you can do so using the ZipWP customizer right after your website is created.

How To Access & Use ZipWP Customizer?

There are two ways you can customize your website using ZipWP Customizer.

The first is when your complete website is created; then, you will see the ZipWP customizer on your screen, where you can make changes as per your needs.

The second way is after the site is created; you can simply go to your WordPress admin area > Appearance > ZipWP, and you will be able to access the ZipWP customizer.

Once you’re in the customizer, you can make the customizations as per your requirements. Once you’re satisfied with the changes, click on the Save button, and your changes will be applied to your website.

Note: ZipWP customizer is only available in your appearance setting until your website is on the ZipWP platform. Once you migrate the website to your hosting, ZipWP customizer will no longer be accessible. But worry not, you can simply use a theme customizer to customize your website.

Difference Between ZipWP Customizer & Theme Customizer

You will find two customizers in the appearance setting of your website.

• Theme customizer
• ZipWP customizer

Let’s understand the difference between both.

ZipWP Customizer

ZipWP customizer is the customizer that you will see after you create a complete AI site.

With ZipWP, you can control four things on your website which are:

• Adding/updating the logo of the website.
• Choosing whether you want to hide or display site title.
• Choosing the preferred color palette.
• Choosing the font pairing.

Theme Customizer

ZipWP uses the Astra theme to create your website as it’s one of the most popular and lightweight WordPress themes, and Astra’s theme customizer has all the settings that ZipWP customizer has, starting from logo to fonts.

In addition to those settings, you can do a lot more with Astra’s customizer including customization of headers and footers, designing pages and layouts, adding custom CSS if required, and more.

And if you’re using Astra Pro, you get way more customization options using which you can create modern-looking websites.

That’s all about the ZipWP customizer.

We trust you have found this article to be informative and useful. If you have any further questions or require additional assistance, feel free to reach out to us!

Frequently Asked Questions:

I cannot find the ZipWP customizer. What should I do?

If you can’t find the ZipWP customizer in the appearance settings, you have likely migrated the website created using ZipWP to your hosting platform. In this case, you can simply make all the customizations you need using the theme customizer.