Wix Website Tutorial: How to Create a Wix Website in 5 Easy Steps!

In this Wix tutorial for beginners, I will show you how to create a website on Wix step-by-step in 1 hour!
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I walk you through every step of the process, from signing up for a Wix account to adding pages and content to your website. By the end of this tutorial, you'll know how to create a professional-looking website with Wix!
Wix Web Design - Go from beginner to advanced in 1 hour!
00:00 - Intro
00:18 - Step 1: Create a Free Wix Account
01:43 - Step 2: Choose a Template
01:47 Wix ADI vs Wix Editor
03:24 - Step 3. Edit the Template
04:10 Edit Text
05:42 Edit Images
07:06 Edit Buttons
08:53 Save Your Work
09:28 Restore Previous Versions
10:06 Preview Site
10:29 Undo/Redo
10:45 Mobile Editor
11:55 Switch Page
12:27 Log back into Wix Editor
13:03 Search Bar/Help
14:11 Edit Header
14:41 Add Logo
16:19 Make Logo
16:53 Edit Header Design
18:02 Edit Menu
19:30 Add Drop Down / Sub Menu
19:16 Add Menu Item
20:23 Edit Anchors
23:50 Edit Layout
24:34 Edit Footer
26:30 Wix Contact Form
31:13 Wix Chat
34:48 Wix Blog
37:30 Edit Wix Blog Author Name
38:17 Edit Wix Blog SEO / Categories
39:18 Unpublish Blog Posts
40:29 Add a Page
42:56 Wix SEO
47:26 Update Homepage Title
49:50 Update Homepage Description
51:55 - Step 4. Add Premium Features
51:59 How to Upgrade
52:12 Wix Free vs Premium Sites
53:06 Wix Plans
54:38 Add Custom Domain Name
54:44 Tips for Choosing a Domain Name
57:55 Add a Professional Mailbox
59:20 - Step 5: Publish Your Wix Website
59:25 Publish Site
1:00:20 Unpublish Site
1:00:52 Transfer Site
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[@daraghmwalsh]

Thank you for watching! Timestamps to every step are in the description above. Check them out! 😃

[@zulkarnainjuata]

Hi, would you be able to do a tutorial on multi-lingual website especially on dynamic blog post?

[@stellashandmade]

Daragh. You are my GURU!! Seriously. I have spent 7 weeks watching every youtube video on how to set up a website with Wordpress and Wix. This video of yours is by far the best. In just 1 day, I have now got a website well on the way with Wix, and am adding products already. Thank you Thank you Thank you.

[@jaimemendesjr8070]

I totally agree

[@natachalenorgant2432]

Clear, well-organized and slow paced for optimum understanding. Thank you for such a useful tutorial! Your approach is very comprehensive yet simple to follow. I now have the tools I need to feel confident about the essential steps I need to put my website together. Many thanks!

[@jannicajohnson1043]

This is super helpful! Thanks so much for sharing with us all. The Timestamps and section breaks make it even better. Your video will serve as my go-to in building my site. I appreciate you!

[@wayneriley5292]

Excellent presentation, thank you so much for taking us through these steps and not rush. Also for pointing out the importance of each step. Other presenters speak at one hundred mile per hour.

[@seasidestitches615]

Thank you. Really appreciate your gentle and very thorough style. Great video!

[@BertBrim]

I've been using Wix for some time and want to say WELL DONE with this video.

[@edwardshort6042]

I have seen a few of these tutorials and this is by far the best. Well presented at a perfect tempo

[@stevebrown7267]

This is just what I was looking for! A clear and simple tutorial at an easy to follow pace.

[@loungydoc]

lol the first tutorial I saw was crazy fast, I was even looking to slow down the play back speed cuz ti was crazy. the space is perfect

[@doctorheartmd620]

This is the best and most complete tutorial at the pace that I need. Thanks.

[@MargoDean1]

This was terrific. Your pacing and clarity and step by step process is helping me to create a better website. One issue I continue to have is when my pages are in "preview" some of the text moves around. I watched other videos and the presenters drove me nuts. Thank you!

[@MuzMURRAY]

This is the best video tutorial I have come across. I love your steady calm voiced delivery. Most instructors gabble away at high speed, zapping the cursor all over the place, too quickly to follow. I really appreciate your teaching style. Thank you.

[@daraghmwalsh]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jurosokcevic2334]

Finally someone who thinks how's the public going to receive pretty much everything, tone of your voice, pace etc. Big thanks man!

[@nishasinghnaik7904]

out of all the courses and content I have seen till date, yours has the highest retention.....

[@leyacandelario6731]

Perfect! Best explanation.. Love the pace which is so easily to follow and understand. Just subscribed. Thanks a lot 😊

[@jdavis7677]

Thank you!! This is the first time this rookie has been able to follow all the way through without ending up in tears lol

[@darleneilli9614]

This is the best tutorial I have seen. I struggled to understand some of the elements of WIX and now I am building my site with confidence. Thank you for you thoughtful, well paced, informative video.

[@SusannaBearfoot1]

So clear and helpful. I was really daunted about creating my own website until I found your tutorial. You voice is so calm and relaxing and everything is paced so that it's easy to take new information onboard. Actually I am so relaxed that I'm falling asleep after a tiring day, but will return and put your helpful instructions into practice. Thanks Daragh.

[@GaryLachman]

Best one. Slow, thorough, patient.

[@neatmachine]

Excellently done! Thank you! I have subscribed!

[@kristineocampo9035]

Thank you so much, very well explained. You made it easy for us to set up our website. God bless you.

[@bridgetmcbride6634]

Super helpful. Thank you for this! Greatly appreciated. :)

[@ambientsonic7770]

The most detailed and helpful video that I have seen so far. The content helped explain the process far better than others. Thank you for taking the time to make this it is so super helpful!

[@daraghmwalsh]

Glad it was helpful!

[@masterphotog4131]

Thank you for this great, easy-to-follow video tutorial, keep up the good work!

[@neatmachine]

As a follow-up. Can you do a similar video on the e-commerce side of things, going through such things as payment methods, shipping items, how to handle returns, taxes, etc.? That would be most helpful.

[@donjoseph7261]

This is great man. Thanks for this!!!

[@chrisokane1930]

Very Informative and paced so I can keep up - now to have a go myself!!

[@teridawnmarshall1748]

Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! You are the BEST!!! Finally, I am getting my website together!

[@tomoworks5627]

Yasssss video chapters! Thank you

[@petermorley8215]

Very helpful video and it is done at a nice pace. Many other videos are too fast and difficult to follow the cursor.

[@ojasbakshi8089]

Nice video, Thank you for making this.

[@breadfish4683]

Great tutorial. Thank you!

[@kcfmark]

Great and very helpful. The best!

[@tranquiltimes6680]

Thank you so much this video was very helpful.

[@newone6350]

This was Awesome! Thank You!

[@poojadorlikar4346]

Very well explained.. Thankyou

[@nehemyjeanlouis3750]

Thanks a million for that helpful video, You're the best.

[@linabaceliene8377]

Thank you! I made it!

[@danicazdrilic1]

Thank you so much, you saved me so much time :)

[@dawitymesghen5032]

Thank you very much, very helpful video.

[@formationofwords290]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!! YOU are AWESOME!

[@alatkinson9452]

Thank you Nice Pace Easy to Understand

[@azriimran4935]

Thanks you for toturial

[@michalishadjiyiannis6891]

Very good presentation..!!

[@charleswashington7576]

Thanks vary helpful

[@m.marchese9149]

Great presentation. Clear, thorough, and at a good pace. I am sorry I did not find this before buying my Wix subscription last week. Will keep up with the other videos. I wonder what is the difference/advantage between connecting and transferring your domain to Wix. I read there could be a problem setting up a business mail, if it is not transferred, but only connected. The timestamps are so helpful. Thank you!

[@daraghmwalsh]

This Wix guide will explain the difference in detail - support.wix.com/en/article/transferring-vs-connecting-your-domain-to-wix

[@adesinaibrahim3138]

This is a great well articulated tutorial. Just like the name of the : "website so simple" he made it so simple indeed. However, please do a tutorial on creating it from scratch. Also, make another one on how to speed up ones website. Thumbs again to you guy😃

[@daraghmwalsh]

Great suggestion!

[@aniqashah849]

Love ur voice 💗 good job 😇

[@hollylinton5314]

Thanks Daragh! If we plan to get a Premium Plan, in my case for photography, should we purchase that from the beginning, while we are making our site, so that we have access to the additional features - or keep going on the free plan until everything is finished except for the eCommerce portion? Thanks in advance for further tips! This video was very helpful.

[@daraghmwalsh]

Yes, you can start your premium plan once your free trial period gets over.

[@dharghamaljanaby6696]

It is a great explanations Thanks 😊 a lot

[@robikhan1680]

Thank you

[@AnnaISmith]

Love this video because you explain everything so well. Thank you so much. I have one issue I can't figure out though. Where can I find info on how to place widgets onto other pages than the home page? Right now i have my merchandise on home page and want to also link the merchandise to other pages on site menu. ( i.e. Cookies go on the cookies page etc.). Thank you so much!

[@daraghmwalsh]

Hi. Best to check the help section: support.wix.com/en/

[@spread3602]

The question of which site builder to use is so common,mobi..rrrise and few others offers both coding and drag and drop model that are easy to use. like very easy to use. This video makes a good comparative analysis.

[@thewillowfoxcandleco]

I am currently creating a wix website for an online shop.So learning how to add products would be useful.I tried to add products but when i went into preview after uploading a picture and then clicking to view the product it would go into the product page and wix has zoomed in the picture.It was not like this on the home page x How can I fix this?

[@bridgetmcbride6634]

Any chance you have something on Hover Boxes and simple Roll Overs in Wix 2021? I have a basic idea, but would love to see your take on it. Thank you once again for this video above!

[@daraghmwalsh]

Noted down this topic for next video tutorial.

[@user-io1fh6cb6m]

You are amazing 👌

[@stuckhere90]

Well can not speak for others, but I do not get the same interface as you; I so badly want to put my fist through my computer screen. You get button like options on the left side. I get some plain thing with like 4 options. Do you have an upgraded account? I am using a Mac-Mini, running an older OS. I also have a Mac-Pro 2012. It is not running the latest OS from Apple, as it will not let me upgrade any further. Would I need the latest OS to get the nice looking options on the left side of your screen?

[@music4kittens]

Please advise how to separate pages instead of seeing them in one long scroll? My aim is to get rid of the moving text when the image behind it stays stable. Thanks!

[@TonyMontana-bg6hm]

Awesome video! If u can do a wix e commerce tutorial would b grand. Cheers

[@daraghmwalsh]

Noted!

[@TonyMontana-bg6hm]

@@daraghmwalsh you're a pretty good teacher. To be honest, i'm still trying to decide between Wix or Square Space..they're both pretty good.

[@mschin]

Hello! Awesome video. Do i need to purchase a plan to actually edit the mobile site? Because im currently in free Mode and this isnt helpful

[@daraghmwalsh]

Editing feature from mobile is only available for sites that are made with Wix ADI

[@louisewilliams1258]

Wix is using Captcha now, and I can’t log in now to edit my website. Please help!

[@davegbrill]

Thank you for speaking at a normal human rate. Most other tutorials are so rapid-fire that they're impossible for a beginner to follow.

[@MargoDean1]

I completely agree! I felt as though the other presenters were on speed. I needed to turn off their presentations and then I came across Daragh!

[@digitalmumlife1]

Hi, could we use Wix to sell digital products ie. printables?

[@daraghmwalsh]

Yes, check this out: www.wix.com/ecommerce/print-on-demand

[@atifradwan8169]

I must thank you for this very educational and informative video. However I have a very critical question: how can I link my outlook to the domain email so that I can receive all my emails to the outlook? Or how can I link my Wix website to 3rd party existing domain? Thank you very much indeed, and please stay safe

[@daraghmwalsh]

I will create a video on connecting outlook account to your domain email. Check this guide to connect your existing domain name with wix - support.wix.com/en/article/connecting-a-domain-purchased-elsewhere

[@mehedimax8595]

0:45 sir can you tell me the name of the effect you used to create this jump to KZbin description and again back to you video transition. Please

[@daraghmwalsh]

Just upload the video as unlisted to record. And then reupload again.

[@glenisgibson9736]

I am an absolute beginner and not that great with IT, your Tutorial has really helped me and I have loaded products, information etc on to my wix website. I do have a question I have a shop and would like to offer free shipping over a certain amount spent, where do I find these options? Do I have to be live before I have these options? Also I am using copy & paste for shipping and return information as it's on every page where I sell an item. Can you use an anchor for this ? . Any help would be very much appreciated.

[@daraghmwalsh]

Hi Glenis, This wix guide will help you to set up free shipping rules on your online store - support.wix.com/en/article/wix-stores-setting-up-free-shipping

[@glenisgibson9736]

@@daraghmwalsh So helpful thank you so much.

[@garycooper1590]

Hi Daragh, I've arrived here from your 'The Complete Digital Marketing Course' on Udemy. Thanks so much for creating this tutorial, I found it really helpful when setting up my own website. I do however have a question for you and hope you can help. I've created a site with a 'Services' section which has a picture, title and bullet points for each service on offer. When I view the site in mobile the text (title and bullet points) appear over the picture and the text is very difficult to read. Do you know how to have a different picture on the mopbile version of your site or even replace the picture with a solid colour so that the text can easily be read? I've trawled so many tutorials and support links but can't see a solution so hope you can help? Many thanks in advance, Gary

[@daraghmwalsh]

Enabling mobile friendly view for your wix website can fix this issue. Check this guide for reference - support.wix.com/en/article/wix-editor-enabling-and-disabling-the-mobile-friendly-view-of-your-site

[@EadehTV]

Are you able to change the template once you've chosen one?

[@daraghmwalsh]

it's not possible to apply a different template to a site you already created, you can create as many sites as you want in your account. This means you can start over with a new template at any point and transfer your Premium Plan to the new site.

[@Sweetpeay]

Is there a specific image size to place into strips so the image doesn't crop?

[@daraghmwalsh]

Wix recommend uploading images with a resolution no less than 1920px by 1080px.

[@fabriziocompagnone5237]

I have an online shop with Italian products that we all make ourselves. I've heard a lot lately that you should create a landing page with WIX to "push" individual products. Can you confirm this for me or what do you think about it. Is a landing page something that can help me?

[@elina10982]

Hi, maybe that means you can use the Wix to create the Wix online store of E-commerce, and the Wix has powerful SEO and marketing tools to sell your products

[@LonnaLamb]

I am wondering how do you add a shopping cart or set up payment methods etc.

[@daraghmwalsh]

These wix guides will help - support.wix.com/en/article/setting-up-payment-methods-in-wix-invoices support.wix.com/en/article/wix-stores-adding-and-setting-up-the-standalone-add-to-cart-button

[@LonnaLamb]

@@daraghmwalsh thank for responding so quickly. Your tutorial is helping me a lot.

[@snigdhachakraborty9803]

My site (the text boxes) starts overlapping when I minimise my screen or use other device like an iPad. Can you help me how can I set my website in such a way that it appears same across all devices and browsers.

[@daraghmwalsh]

This guide will be helpful to solve text overlapping issue - support.wix.com/en/article/wix-editor-alignment-issues-on-your-live-mobile-site

[@wgmarketingpros313]

Hey Daragh, I am one of your students over at Udemy. So which host do you prefer Wix or WordPress? I had to edit sorry

[@daraghmwalsh]

Wix is a website building platform and they have their own hosting servers. Udemy is an online education platform not a hosting provider.

[@wgmarketingpros313]

@@daraghmwalsh i had to edit the question, can you refer back?

[@lisaturner5010]

Where can I get help for my Wix website that was published and live for one day then disappeared! I can’t get any customer service from Wix. I’m so frustrated! Please advise. Thanks

[@daraghmwalsh]

You can contact wix customer care as explained in this guide - support.wix.com/en/article/contacting-wix-customer-care-for-support

[@MrGPhotos]

Who the hell this liked this video?! This video saved me a lot of money! I'm looking for those 4 people that disliked this video! lol

[@nisarkhateeb8771]

Can you provide a tutorial for wordpress with wp bakery

[@daraghmwalsh]

Noted down this and will add video on it if get more requests on same topic.

[@michaelcoward1902]

My wix editor looks completely different to yours...I don't have any of the options on the left hand side.

[@dianaheinsalu5168]

The SEO menus are outdated I can't access them at 47 mins. I can't copy the option is no there.

[@tashiaboyer2010]

I am trying to create my website. My page does not look like yours. I am missing tool box, etc. What am I doing wrong?

[@Mo-mw4it]

I had a similar issue, if you are watching this video AFTER already starting your site, you will need to go back and make sure you select "Create you website with the editor" @2:09 If you don't, you will not have access to the whole editing kit

[@yaraartiles5025]

Hey Daragh, I’m a student of yours from udemy. How can I contact you directly? Thanks in advanced x

[@daraghmwalsh]

You can post your doubts/query in the course Q&A section.

[@falishiasharpe6388]

HOW DO YOU REDUCE THE SIZE OF YOUR PHOTO ON WIX? PLEASE ADVISE - THANK YOU

[@daraghmwalsh]

You can use Wix Editor to resize your images - support.wix.com/en/article/wix-editor-resizing-images

[@falishiasharpe6388]

@@daraghmwalsh THANK YOU!!!

[@davidboyer8237]

Yes, presented very well. However, it is next to impossible to get Wix help! I tried text editing and it was nothing like your video. I upgraded to premium thinking that would help but it did not. Perhaps I am doing something wrong. Dave

[@daraghmwalsh]

This Wix guide will be helpful for adding or editing text on your Wix website - support.wix.com/en/article/wix-editor-adding-and-editing-text

[@alexissanchezkid]

My editor doesn’t look like that and it’s slow at making changes.

[@daraghmwalsh]

Please contact Wix support if you are facing any issue with their editor.

[@anything22789]

You did not focus on mobile device which is more important nowadays. Desktop version works almost with any theme

[@davidwoodard8878]

Really Through

[@lindad.343]

What if you already have a registered domain name and email?

[@daraghmwalsh]

Yes, you can connect a domain purchased elsewhere. See how here: support.wix.com/en/article/connecting-a-domain-purchased-elsewhere

[@robertthegeek]

I am not sure but when I am editing my Website in Wix I do not see what you are seeing

[@shaankumar9542]

Video settings >> Playback speed >> 1.5 >> thank me later :)

[@Euneaa]

I lose my social media buttons when I switch to mobile

[@daraghmwalsh]

You can change the layout of social bars for mobile view - support.wix.com/en/article/wix-editor-changing-the-layout-of-your-mobile-social-bar

[@colleensievers9442]

I dont have a computer, just a tablet. Said I need a computer

[@daraghmwalsh]

If your website is created in Wix ADI then you can edit it through mobile app - support.wix.com/en/article/adi-editing-your-site-from-a-mobile-phone

[@80sOGRE]

So in other words the mobile editor is just as sh*t house limited as it was 4 years ago ? how is the desktop editor so good and mobile utter shit ? ... You probably should have outlined the ideal BG image size ( no cropping ) seeing as getting a straight answer from wix seems ever elusive. SERIOUSLY ! most people have phones that support 1080p now yet wix is still using some iphone 2010 template for size.

[@ferienwohnungruegen1045]

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