Overview

Site Maker is a website-building application that allows creating basic personal websites in a simple, guided step-by-step way without touching a line of code. 

Site Maker has been designed especially for those with no experience of building a website. The unique build process and easy-to-use blocks ensure anyone can get a site up and running in no time.

For Site Maker, we offer Personal,  Business, and Simple Links subscriptions with monthly and annual billing cycles.

Standard (Personal) version allows creating a simple website by picking available templates and customizing them further. The final result looks like a one-page site of the roll type (the one you should scroll down for information).

At the stage of purchasing a subscription, you will be asked to provide an email address:

During the next step, you should select the main goals of the desired website. The goals represent content sections that would be added to the website template a bit later. It's possible to select them all:

One more step for collecting your information. It's also possible to upload a logo or photo. Requirements to the image: less than 5 MB; .PNG, .GIF and .JPEG (.JPG) formats:

At this step, a set of templates is already generated and provided to you:

The next step defines the color of the website background. Only one color can be selected:

Clicking on the last circle with a drop icon opens a grid with more color options:

The next step allows you to fill in website sections with information:

Clicking on each section opens a dedicated form and displays changes to the template in real time:

The "Add More Content" option allows you to add custom sections, more pages, or integrations:

Once everything is ready, the "Publish Website" button will open the Domain Selection menu:

The "Purchase Overview" page has two tabs. The first one ("Pay Now") is displayed by default. It offers 2 types of paid plans:

Here's what's displayed if the "Trial" tab is selected:

The following window may pop up during the first purchase. Feel free to proceed by clicking on the Allow button:

Here's a purchase confirmation window (trial version):

5) Website publishing

Once the payment is made, the application suggests resuming website publishing:

Then it's required to select a domain name once again. This time, to connect it with the hosting:

Finally, the confirmation window appears:

As soon as the website is published, the following information shows up:

6) Top menu tabs (Editor, Integrations)

Integrations make it possible to add different kinds of widgets from other websites:

7) Updating a website

and selecting the website created earlier:

Then the process repeats itself (see the "Building a website" section). An application allows you to modify all the contents and layout. Once done, click the "Publish website" button:

If the destination domain name is the same, it's only required to click "Continue" to proceed. In case the domain name should be replaced, it's possible to select another one from the list of domains already registered:

The final step is to approve the changes before publishing:

Business site editor looks similar to the Standard one. However, it offers a variety of templates specifically tailored to showcase business-related information. For example, it has templates for restaurant businesses and startups; it contains slideshow displays, photo/video showcases, working hours/pricing/FAQ presets, and much more.

The final result also looks like a one-page site of the roll type (the one you should scroll down for information). However, a customer can create more pages and link them together with the help of button&link elements available in the editor.

NOTE: Business Site Maker is not suitable for e-commerce. E-commerce websites are those where people can actually buy something, i.e., there is an integration with some payment system. Site Maker does not have such integration. But the Business version is a good choice to make a website about your business, show your work, show your portfolio, and vacancies.

Analytics is a feature added along with the Business Edition. It allows tracking website performance (page views, sessions, browsers, operating systems, devices, countries, bounce rate, average visit time):

Details start to appear once the website is published and accessible online. Sometimes it's required to wait a bit for the statistics to show up.

You can select time frames for the data to be displayed:

There's a visual representation via a chart:

More detailed statistical data is available below the chart:

Simple Links version is designed for users who want to create a page that contains their contact information (social media links, email addresses, etc.). Such a page can be called a "virtual business card" that is available online for everyone. With Simple Links, it's possible to add up to 12 links and up to 16 social media icons on the page.

If you already own the application, you can access it from the Apps section of your Namecheap account ( Apps >> My Apps ):

Clicking on the icon opens the Dashboard page, where it's possible to create a new website (1) or continue working with previously created ones (2):

The X sign on the right removes website versions that are no longer needed.

If the "New Website" option is selected, you can choose between the subscription options: