If you’re a web developer, designer or agency, the more productive you are, the more income your business can generate. One of the most important tools that can help boost productivity is your choice of web-building platform. In this post, we look at Sitejet, a revolutionary website builder, designed for both professionals and amateur site builders that provides a range of features that speed up web development while offering custom coding options that allow for greater flexibility.
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No coding required
If there is one thing that saves more time than anything else when building a website, it’s not having to write code. While adding HTML, CSS and JavaScript is possible with Sitejet, it isn’t necessary. Instead, all you need to do is use the templates, elements and presets, mentioned below, drag and drop them into place and then make the customisations you want. This makes it not only simple for developers but also means even those with no coding skills whatsoever can use the platform to create professional websites.
Templates
When it comes to getting a project off to a flying start, there is nothing more helpful than using a theme or template that can save you hours of time on the basic layout and design. Sitejet comes with 140 templates included – and all of them are responsive, so there is no need to worry about mobile friendliness or manually adjusting designs. Moreover, these templates cover a wide range of use cases, styles and designs, enabling you to cater for the many different types of projects that clients demand, whether that’s building an e-commerce, business, listings or portfolio site, or a personal blog. As with platforms like WordPress, Sitejet also enables you to preview each template in PC, tablet and smartphone view and you can activate it on a site with a single click.
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Elements and presets
Besides the template library, Sitejet offers developers a library of hundreds of reusable elements, the smallest features of a website, which can be used to add things like headers, footers, content blocks, buttons, etc., and which can be easily placed into a project without coding, using drag and drop. With these, you can build any type of website and customise each element’s colours, fonts and styles to ensure it achieves a design that matches the client’s brand. With regards to productivity, this capability removes the need to create commonly used sections from scratch, speeding up your workflow while ensuring consistency.
To help save even more time, Sitejet has also developed over 120 presets which use a combination of elements to create pre-designed blocks that can simply be dragged into place on a website. Presets can be used to add accordions, sliders, image galleries and various other features and can be customised.
Customisation
While templates, elements and presets are an excellent starting point, some developers find prebuilt features too restrictive, especially for projects where clients have specific demands. One of the great benefits of Sitejet is that you can add custom HTML, CSS and JavaScript, giving you far more flexibility when it comes to creating unique and bespoke websites. To do this, Sitejet has an integrated code editor where you either adjust existing code or add completely new elements, giving you full control over the website’s look and functionality.
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Third-party integration
In a new approach to plugins, which WordPress users will know can slow down a website, Sitejet enables additional functionality by allowing third-party integration – essentially adding additional features without impacting the amount of data your website has to send from your server. By embedding code, APIs or webhooks, you can connect a website to external tools and services to extend its capabilities. For instance, you can quickly connect to Google Analytics, social media, email sign-up providers, like Mailchimp, and payment gateways, like PayPal.
Client collaboration and project management
Effective client collaboration is crucial for improving your efficiency and productivity. If you forget to implement a client’s requirement, it can take hours to rectify and delay completion. Sometimes, however, the amount of time spent communicating with clients, or even reading and responding to their emails, can slow down the actual development process. Sitejet has a number of features that help reduce this burden.
Firstly, Sitejet has a built-in client portal where your clients can log in and view their site’s progress whenever they like, saving you from having to go through it with them page by page. Just as importantly, this portal also enables them to give feedback. However, rather than having to write lengthy emails about the website as a whole, they can actually click on the different parts of the website and leave a message about that particular element. This saves you from having to trawl through an email and then find the corresponding part of the website they are discussing. To make sure you do not miss any of the comments the clients make, each comment is saved as a to-do item in a ticketing system which you can set priorities for. If you are an agency, you can even assign these to-dos to different staff to handle. The ticketing system also tracks which comments have been addressed and completed and when, ensuring the project stays on track to meet its deadline.
Sitejet also enables clients to make minor changes to the content of the site themselves. The system is set up in such a way that they can change small details but do not have the permissions needed to carry out tasks that only the developer should be dealing with. The benefit here is that by carrying these tasks out themselves (such as changing a page title or updating some textual information) it can save the developer time and enable them to focus on the important work.
These features form part of the platform’s built-in project management tools, which also enable agency managers or developers to add their own comments and set up review and approval stages. The project management tool also breaks down the development into different stages, with a list of essential actions provided under each (these can be customised if need be). Working through this, one stage at a time, ensures every part of the project is completed in the right order and that nothing has been missed out.
Together these tools make it much easier to work with clients and prevent time being wasted from having to go back and re-do things that have been missed out. As a result, it can streamline the development process, improving productivity.
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Conclusion
For web developers and agencies looking for website building tools that improve productivity while providing the flexibility to create truly unique websites, Sitejet has everything you need. From its wide range of templates, elements and presets and its ability to integrate third-party tools, to its extensive customisation capabilities, client portal and project management tools, it enables you to speed up your workflow and create any type of professional website with speed and ease.
Considering using Sitejet? Visit our Website Builder page to look at more of its extensive range of features.
