How To Create A Free Canva Website
Use Canva to create a free one page website!
Perfect for anything from a simple landing page to a site showcasing your business.
If you’re looking for a quick and easy way to create a one page website like a landing page, sales page, link in bio page, or even a website for your brand or business you can create one in Canva for free!
Yes you read that right, for free.
How to create a free Canva website
Go to Canva.com, search for website and click on the result with a link icon next to it.
There are hundreds of templates to choose from.
You can hover over the template previews with your mouse to see all of the pages in the template. Templates come with anywhere from 1 to 9 pages depending on what kind of webpage you are going to be designing.
This doesn’t mean you’ll have a multiple page site, just “pages” inside Canva that act as sections of your one page website.
p.s. keep reading for my clever hack on how to create additional pages for your website in Canva!
Pro templates have a pro crown in the lower right hand corner, meaning if you don’t have Canva Pro you’ll have to pay for them.
But don’t worry there are lots of great free template options.
Canva will even provide you with the URL to the website that you design and host your site for free.
→ GRAB your Canva PRO 30-day free trial to unlock all the awesome pro templates
Designing Your Free Site
Once you’ve chosen a website template open it up in Canva to edit your site.
Go through the document and edit
- colors
- fonts
- photos
- text
- contact info
Once you have made all the edits to your document hit the preview button to see what it will look like once it’s published.
Be sure to proofread your site and make any needed corrections.
You’ll also want to name your site (document) as this will be shown once you publish your site.
Now you are ready to publish!
But wait… what if you want more than a one page site? Read on for my clever tip.
Clever Hack for adding more webpages
What if you want more than one webpage to your site?
Start by creating your main website, which will serve as your homepage.
Then before you publish, create additional websites in Canva, publish them and then link to them from your homepage website.
Each of these website will serve as an additional page to your site.
Tip: Use the link feature to link to your social media profiles and email list sign up as well!
You can also go back after you’ve published and make updates to your websites. Including creating these pages and linking to them.
Publishing your canva website
Now it’s time to publish your website and take it live!
Before you hit the Publish Website button be sure to name your document. The name of your document will be shown on the browser tab preview as well as Google.
Essentially you will want to title your document as the name of your website.
Now it’s time to hit the Publish Website button.
Resize on mobile
The “Resize on mobile” checkbox will automatically be checked and I recommend leaving it checked. This means that the sight will automatically be resized for the mobile device it is being viewed on.
Next you have the option of “without navigation” or “with navigation”.
If you choose the “with navigation” option, Canva will create a navigation menu at the top of your website. This will correspond with the page sections inside of your document.
Choose a domain type
- Free domain (free site with Canva extension)
- Purchase a new domain (your own unique url)
- Use my existing domain (if you already own a domain)
Get a free site with Canva by choosing the Free domain option. Your url will include your username followed by .my.canva.site
You also have the option of purchasing a unique domain through Canva. The advantage to this option is that your site won’t have the bulky .my.canva.site extension on it!
If you choose the second option and purchase your domain through Canva, you can search available sites right in Canva and purchase for an average of $20/year based on availability.
Your third option is the use a domain you already own and publish to it. You do however, need to have a Canva Pro, Canva for Teams or Canva for Education plan to use this option.
Choose your domain type and hit the continue button.
Review Settings
The follow steps are for the Free domain option.
Your URL: Canva will auto generate your url. You can add text after the backslash if you’d like.
Browser Tab Preview: The text here will show in the browser tab preview and Google search. You can also add your logo from your brand kit here (Canva Pro feature).
Website Description: Type in a short sentence or two here (limit 160 characters). This will show up online under the website title and URL in search results.
Permissions
You also have two permission setting options. One to password protect and one to hide your site from search engines.
If you are creating a private resource page, resource library, freebie offering, etc. these options are definitely beneficial.
Publish
Now hit publish and your site is live!
If you need to update your site, simply make the needed changes to your Canva document and publish again to take your changes live.
You can also unpublish your site if necessary. Go into the document, click on Publish Website and click on the unpublish site button.
BONUS → Create a Link In Bio Page
Design a link in bio page for free.
You can also create a free link in bio website on Canva!
This is such a great webpage to have for your social media bio.
Search the templates for Link In Bio. Once you find a template you like, edit the template and add text for each link you want to send people to.
Then select each text box and use the link button to paste your urls in.
To turn it into a webpage, click on the share button, choose more and select website!
Canva will provide you with a free url!
To clean up the url use a link shortner link Bitly to customize your link text.
Paste your url in your Instagram bio and you now have a FREE Link In Bio webpage.
Plus I made a quick lil reel video this week showing you how to create your link in bio webpage!
Let me know if you try this out!
Now you know how to create a free Canva website and a free link in bio page.
Let me know if you have questions.
xoxo Naomi
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