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Website Builder Common Questions
Build Bucket is an extremely easy and powerful website building tool, but we can understand why you may have a few questions before you begin. Here are some questions and answers we often hear from new customers.
What is Build Bucket?
Build Bucket is a multiple award-winning website building service that allows you to quickly and easily create professional looking websites. Build Bucket is simple to use and packed with powerful features allowing you to achieve results beyond your expectations!
What should I use Build Bucket for?
Build Bucket can be used for any kind of website or online content. From personal profile pages to e-commerce stores, Build Bucket makes publishing and designing your website quick and easy. We are constantly surprised by the kinds of sites that our customers build which vary hugely in their purpose, style, structure and language.
Why is Build Bucket different from other website builders?
Build Bucket is different from other website builders because of its unparalleled ease of use. We offer a true 'drag and drop, point and click' edit environment which makes it incredibly easy to update your content. If you want to change some text, just click on it on your site and change it. If you want to move an image, just drag it across the page, or drag the corners to change its size. There is no technology to learn, no code, no form filling, just quick and easy tools that work intuitively. There is a
, so why not have a go.
Do I have to pay for Build Bucket?
Build Bucket is available as both a free and a paid-for service. The free version of Build Bucket has some restricted features and your site will carry text based advertising. Subscription based Build Bucket packs are available at different prices and have various features. None of the paid packs will show ads or carry Build Bucket branding, so the site is completely yours! For more information on pricing see our
Can I use my own domain name?
Yes you can. When you build a site with Build Bucket we give you a free subdomain, e.g. yoursite.BuildBucket.com, to get you started. You can always add a new domain name, e.g. www.yoursite.com, or use an existing domain name with your site too. See our for more information on this.
Does Build Bucket work well with search engines?
Yes it does. Build Bucket makes all of your content visible to search engines in W3C compliant HTML which allows them to easily index and rank your pages. Additionally, Build Bucket gives you the option to add page titles, keywords and descriptions for every page in your site, and we automatically produce a Sitemap document for your site which gives search engines a complete list of your visible pages. If you don't want your pages listed by search engines, we allow you to make them invisible too. Many of our sites rank extremely highly on search engines.
How do I publish my Build Bucket site?
Build Bucket sites are always 'live' online, i.e. you don't have to publish them. Your pages are always available to people visiting your site and changes that you make happen instantaneously. We also enable you to hide pages from the menu while you are editing them if you prefer.
Can I sell things on Build Bucket?
Yes you can. Build Bucket currently integrates with PayPal as a payment gateway. You can set up links or buttons on your site to act as 'buy now' or 'add to cart' PayPal buttons. PayPal is a free service which allows you to send and receive payments online and it allows your customers to manage a shopping cart of items. Build Bucket allows you to integrate with these features for your own online store.
Can I use Build Bucket to build sites for other people?
Definitely, this is something that is quite common. Many web designers find Build Bucket to be a very useful tool that allows them to quickly build and design sites for clients as there are no technology headaches to deal with. And you can offer the client a free content management tool built in!
EXAMPLE SITE USING "Build Bucket" Software!
What is the difference between the different Build Bucket packs?
Build Bucket is available in 5 different versions from Free to Max. All of the packs use the same core Build Bucket product making it easy to upgrade between packages. A full list of product features is available on our
Build Bucket "Free", is free to use, but has some restricted features and your site will carry adverts on it. None of the paid versions carry any adverts or branding. Build Bucket Lite is the basic paid version and gives you access to most features with the ability to build 1 site. Build Bucket Standard gives you access to e-commerce features, allows you to build up to 5 sites and provides more disk space and bandwidth. Build Bucket Plus increases your limit to 10 sites and further increases disk space and bandwidth. Build Bucket Max gives you all the Build Bucket features, allows an unlimited number of sites to be built and gives the most disk space and bandwidth.
Can I use Google tools (Webmaster tools, Sitemaps, AdSense, Analytics, AdWords)?
All of them. Build Bucket allows you to place adverts on your site enabling you to make money from the clicks-throughs. You can also buy on Google to drive traffic to your site. Tracking user activity and page views on your site can be achieved by using
which you can easily sign up for through your site. Furthermore, we allow you to use tools and automatically produce a Sitemap for your site that helps search engines index your pages.
Can I get help if I can't use it?
Yes. We have a number of different support channels available. Firstly our offer answers to the most common questions and should be able to help you with most of your issues, along with a
which is available to download. For anything else you can submit an email query to our support team who will answer it within 24 hours.
Build Bucket is built using Flash, why? Does it matter?
The Build Bucket editing tools are built using Adobe Flash because it allows us to offer a genuine 'drag and drop' WYSIWYG interface that makes Build Bucket so easy to use. However, we publish your site in both Flash and HTML so it is available to the widest range of browsers and is correctly indexed and listed by search engines. Flash is often criticized for not being search engine friendly, which is why we extract the content from your site and publish it in HTML too. So you get all the benefits of a slick easy to use Flash interface without any downside. That is why Build Bucket is an awesome tool.
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