Web Platform


So many features come built-in the Web21 Website Builder.  We make creating a site, choosing a template, editing content and publishing a breeze.

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Edit by Device

Customize every element per device, for full control over how your site looks and functions on desktop, tablet and mobile.

Drag and Drop Editor

Reduce development time with Web21's easy-to-use, intuitive drag-and-drop editor.

Shrinking Header

Add a dynamic touch to your websites by shrinking the header and keeping it at the top of the page while visitors scroll down.

Copy and Paste

Make site-building even faster by copying and pasting elements inside your website.

Content Import

Save time by pulling content from an existing website or web page. The content is automatically placed in the template and saved in the site Content Library.

Color Overlays

Color overlays allow you to place text on top of intro images and videos and keeping them easy to read.  You can control both the color and the opacity of the color overlays.

Rich Text Editing

Engage site visitors by adding underlines, bold, italics, and more to text inside widgets, and by linking words to internal or external pages.

Center Logo Navigation

Create perfect navigation every time with dozens of predesigned navigation and header layouts. All designs are fully responsive for all devices and screen sizes.

Font Styles

Choose from more than 100 gorgeous font styles that can be used throughout your website.

Flexible Navigation

Choose from various navigation styles for desktop, tablet and mobile.

Unique Backgrounds

Create engaging websites by adding background images or videos, and enabling parallax effects.

Page Duplication

Duplicate any page on your site and use its design and layout in another area of the site.

Sitewide Design Elements

Create a consistent website by defining site-wide settings for text, buttons, images, and backgrounds. These settings can easily be changed per element and widget.

Text Link Customization

Text links can be set on a site-wide basis in our design settings panel.  Override any internal or external URL/text link with any color or style, such as bold or italics.

Customized 404 Pages

Make the most of every website visit with a customized 404 page. Edit the page as you would any other page in the Web21 platform. 

Shrinking Header

Add a dynamic touch to your websites by shrinking the header and keeping it at the top of the page while visitors scroll.

Image Mangement


Showcase stunning images with galleries, sliders and perfectly positioned text and image blocks.

Image Optimization

All images are automatically optimized and resized, per device and according to their location on the page, for faster page speed.

Photo Editor

Edit your site images from directly inside the editor with Design21's rich, built-in photo editor. You can crop, resize, add overlays and more.

Search Premium Stock Photography

Buy premium Shutterstock images from directly inside the platform. If you like, try them out with watermarks before purchasing.

Photo Gallery

Display images in an eye-catching photo gallery. The Design21 Platform lets you choose from several modern layouts and customize with text, buttons, hover effects, animations, and more.

Easy Image Upload

Add images from your computer, or from various locations on the web, including Dropbox, Google Drive and Facebook.

Free Photo Library

Choose free images and GIFs from our extensive library, Unsplash, GIPHY, and more. Our Image Picker makes adding them easy.

Showcase Videos

Increase visitor engagement by embedding YouTube or Vimeo videos in website backgrounds and popups.

Image Slider & Background Slider

Arrange multiple photos in a swipeable image slider and choose layout options. Create a moving background with the Background Slider, that features multiple images as a background.

SEO Features


Our built-in SEO enhancing features help your website load faster, rank higher and convert more customers.

Google PageSpeed Optimization

All Design21 websites are automatically optimized for Google PageSpeed upon publishing and republishing.

Free SSL on Every Site

Every Design 21 responsive website receives a free SSL certificates. You can install and activate it within just a few minutes.

Auto-Generated Sitemap

Search engines will discover the pages on your Design21 website from the sitemap, which we automatically create for you.

301 Redirects

Having 301 redirects helps enhance your SEO when switching from an old website to a new one. Point your old pages to your new ones.

Global CDN

Load times are significantly reduced thanks to our global Content Delivery Network, which hosts all images, pdfs, and docs.

Robots.txt

Automatically included, robots.txt informs search engines which pages should and should not be indexed by search engines.

Customizable Page URLs

Customize the URL of any page on a site to improve search engine visibility and inform visitors of what page they are on.

Mobile Friendly, Mobile First

All images are automatically optimized so they comply with Google standards for mobile-friendliness. Sites look great on mobile devices.

Mobile Editing


Today's professionals are always on the go and that's why we developed mobile editing from your phone or tablet.

Edit Anywhere, Anytime

Edit and republish any site directly from your mobile device. Upload photos you’ve taken on your device, update phone numbers, change links and more.

Designed for Smartphones

Designed specially for touch, the mobile version of our editor has easy-to-click buttons and an intuitive flow for an easy and slick experience.

Upload Photos from your Device

What could be better than updating photo galleries and image sliders with photos you’ve just snapped on your phone? You can also add, sort and edit images from the Design21 library.

Designed for Tablets

The Design21 tablet editor includes a wider top bar for easy tapping, and deliberate deletion to make sure nothing is removed by accident.

Amazing Widgets


Widgets make site design easy and they also add additional functionality.

Contact Forms

Make it easy for visitors to get in touch with an easy-to-edit Contact Form. It has an opt-in consent field, multiple layout and style options, and can be integrated with MailChimp, Constant Contact, and Google Sheets.

Click to Call

Enable site visitors to call a business with a single click from a mobile device.

Business Hours

Let website visitors know when a brick-and-mortar store is open and when it’s not. Save time by importing and then editing business hours from an online source.

Online Scheduling

With vCita integration, site visitors can schedule appointments via desktop, tablet and mobile.

Coupons

Drag and drop coupons onto a site and control the discount, duration, etc.

Facebook Comments

Allow visitors to comment on a linked Facebook page without leaving the website.

Icon Library

Choose from a library of more than 1000 icons, or upload your own SVG, and customize to suit your site’s look and feel.

Paypal

Make it easy for site visitors to shop online or make a donation with a customizable PayPal button.

Social Icons

Add links to social media pages including Instagram, Reddit, Snapchat, TripAdvisor and more. The icons are easy to customize and can be dropped anywhere on a site.

Popups

Add popups that promote sales, encourage email signups, or personalize the site for specific visitors. Use the customization tools of the Popup widget to control how it looks and how it functions on your Design21 website.

Click to Email

Enable site visitors to email website owners directly from their websites.

List

Create an engaging list of anything you like, from company services to team members. The list can includes titles, descriptions, images and image links.

OpenTable Reservatinos

With vCita integration, site visitors can schedule appointments via desktop, tablet and mobile.

RSS Feed

Incorporate blog posts from another URL directly onto your website.

Facebook Like

Enable visitors to like a business’s Facebook page without leaving the website.

Maps

Choose from a library of more than 1000 icons, or upload your own SVG, and customize to suit your site’s look and feel.

Restaurant Menu

Build restaurant menus quickly by syncing with a menu that’s already online and then editing as you like. 

Yelp Reviews

Build credibility with site visitors by displaying top Yelp reviews directly on your customers’ websites.

Templates


Modern templates that are versatile and flexible. Build and publish in minutes.

Modern Templates

Choose from a library of beautiful, sleek, natively responsive website templates. The selection is growing all the time.

Predesigned Sections

Speed up your website design process by adding predesigned sections to your website. Each section is professionally designed and available in a click from inside the editor.

Versatile & Flexible

Design21 templates, organized into industry categories, are incredibly versatile, and can be adapted with ease for alternative industries.
Build credibility with site visitors by displaying top Yelp reviews directly on your customers’ websites.

Website Personalization


Use triggers and actions to show different messages to website visitors based on time, their location or how many times they've visited your site.

Pre-Made Personalization Rules

Select from a library of pre-made personalizations and quickly implement them.

Time Trigger

Create a website personalization rule based on the time of day that a visitor reaches the website. Set it to recur daily, weekly or monthly.

Number of Visits Trigger

Determine what visitors see according to the number of visits they’ve made to a site. Change messaging for first-time visitors and for users who return often.

Add A Notification Bar

Run a message across the top of a website to highlight a promotion or deliver a special message.

Hide Row

Duda websites are made up of rows, and they can be hidden at any time using a website personalization rule.

Easy to Customize

Personalizations are very easy to edit and customize. Control the personalization.

Location Trigger

Use geo-targeting to ensure that site visitors see content that is relevant to their physical location.

Campaign URL Trigger

Personalize a web page for visitors who found your customer’s site through a marketing campaign to give visitors a more consistent experience.

Background Image

Swap out the background of a website with an image that draws attention to an event, new initiative or holiday.

Ecommerce


Launch a store and easily track orders.

Integrated Design

The online storefront automatically incorporates the same color palette and font styles as the rest of the website.

Payment Options

Integrate more than 30 trusted payment providers like PayPal, Stripe, & Authorize.net.

Minimum/Maximum Purchase

Set a maximum or minimum purchase for checkout (for example, customer must spend at least $5 to complete the transaction).

Shipping Providers

Ship domestically or internationally with FedEx, UPS, USPS and more.

Tracking Codes

Place tracking codes on “Thank You” pages to report sales into an analytics platform, and track the effectiveness of affiliate and pay-per-click campaigns.

Product Pages

Choose from engaging product page layouts and customize the descriptions and designs as you like. Show multiple product images.

Low Stock Notifications

Receive email updates when your store starts running low on particular inventory items.

Product Categories

Make it easier for customers to browse by organizing products into categories and customize as you like.

Shipping Rates

Set flat shipping rates or have rates calculated on-the-fly according to product weight.

Blog


Multiple authors can contribute to your blog.

Flexible & Customizable

Add any content that you want to your posts, including images, widgets, rows and columns. Customize layout & style any way that you like.

Syndicated Content

ATOM and RSS feeds are automatically generated and updated for every new blog post.

Blog Stats

Know how many people visit every post with automatic visitor tracking. Keep track with built-in stats & analytics.

Accessible Site Wide

You can add a blog element anywhere on the website so visitors can access the posts easily, regardless of where they are on your site.

Smart Design

Every post in the blog has a smart and consistent design structure. This is good for SEO and makes for a great visitor experience.

Multiple Authors

Increase the scope of your blog by enabling multiple contributing authors. Your content becomes more varied and diverse instantly.

Easy Management

The search feature makes it easy to find a specific post according to the subject, author and publish date.

Fully Responsive

The blog displays perfectly across desktop, tablet and mobile devices.

Try It Free

No Credit Card Required

If you're ready to launch your website with Design21, we're ready to show you how easy it is. Dip your toes in the water and you can choose a template and build a website risk free, without using a credit card. You only sign up when you are ready to publish and go live.
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