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Elementor Website Building Guide

Table of Contents

Getting Started

Getting Started

Setting Up Your WordPress Site

Designing with Elementor

Building Your Pages

Making Your Website Ready for the World

Keeping Your Website Healthy

Before you dive into designing with Elementor, it’s a good idea to tidy up your WordPress settings. This makes your site look professional, improves SEO, and saves headaches later.

These changes only take a few minutes, but they set up a strong foundation for your website.

Step 1: Site Title & Tagline

Your site title and tagline appear in search results, browser tabs, and sometimes in your theme’s header.

  1. From the Dashboard, go to Settings > General.
  2. Update:
    • Site Title: Your business or website name (e.g., Christom Website Design).
    • Tagline: A short description (e.g., Affordable, professional web design in Melbourne).
  3. Double-check your Email Address is correct (this is where WordPress will send admin emails).
  4. Scroll down and click Save Changes.

💡 Tip: Keep your tagline short and descriptive — it helps with SEO.

Step 2: Time Zone, Date, and Time

Make sure your time settings are set to your local zone (important for posts, events, and backups).

  1. Still under Settings > General.
  2. Set Timezone to Melbourne (or your city).
  3. Choose your preferred Date Format and Time Format.
  4. Click Save Changes.

Step 3: Permalink Settings

Permalinks are the structure of your page URLs. The default WordPress setting creates messy links like:yourdomain.com.au/?p=123We want clean, SEO-friendly links like:yourdomain.com.au/aboutTo set this up:
  1. Go to Settings > Permalinks.
  2. Select Post name.
Scroll down and click Save Changes.

Step 4: Reading Settings

Let’s tell WordPress which page should be your homepage.

  1. Go to Settings > Reading.
  2. Under Your homepage displays, select A static page.
  3. Choose a page to be your Homepage (if you don’t have one yet, you can come back later).
  4. Optional: Choose another page for your Blog posts.

💡 Tip: If you won’t be using comments, it’s best to untick all the options. This will prevent spam.

Step 5: Discussion Settings (Optional)

If you don’t want comments on your site:

  1. Go to Settings > Discussion.
  2. Untick Allow people to submit comments on new posts.
  3. Save changes.

Quick Checklist

  • Site Title updated
  • Tagline updated
  • Time zone set to Brisbane
  • Permalinks set to Post name
  • Homepage set (or ready to be set later)

Next Tutorial

Now that your WordPress basics are set, it’s time to dive into Elementor itself. In the next tutorial, we’ll explore the Elementor Editor — where you’ll learn about sections, columns, and widgets.