Getting to Know uSkinned Site Builder
uSkinned Site Builder provides an award-winning platform tailored specifically for the popular .NET Core CMS, Umbraco. Championing speed, flexibility, and user-oriented website design, uSkinned Site Builder ensures that developers, designers and site owners can swiftly roll out websites on Umbraco that are aesthetically pleasing, user-friendly and eCommerce ready.
Combing Powerful Tools
Two such impactful tools that come together to provide both aesthetics and functionality are of course, uSkinned Site Builder for Umbraco, and Elfsight, an awesome provider of easy-to-use, embeddable widgets. Combining these can give you a website that is not only visually compelling but functionally efficient and engaging.
Let’s explore how this combination can transform your website's user experience.
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Gert de Groot
Owner
Landstra De Groot
The Brilliance of Elfsight’s Social Media Tools
In today's social media era, maintaining a connected presence across platforms is pivotal. Elfsight facilitates this by offering flawless integration of social media feeds directly into any website. But, what makes these integrations so transformative for your uSkinned for Umbraco site?
Unified Digital Presence
Seamlessly integrate feeds from platforms such as Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, allowing visitors on your website to engage with your most recent social updates without departing from your site, fostering a coherent digital experience.
Boosted Engagement
Live social media feeds invigorate your website, making it more dynamic — even when you don't have the time to write that new blog post. Fresh content from your social platforms can captivate visitors and increase the time they spend on your site.
Brand Authenticity
Showcasing real-time social interactions, be it comments, likes, or shares, can enhance your brand’s credibility and trust.
Visual Allure
Social media is often bursting with rich visual content, from photographs on Instagram to videos on YouTube. Incorporating these can enrich your website's visual appeal and interactivity.
Hassle-free Updates
With Elfsight’s social media integrations, your website content refreshes as you post on your social channels. This translates to fewer manual updates and consistent messaging for your audience.
Embedding Elfsight’s Social Media Widgets on you uSkinned Site Builder website
Selection
Navigate to Elfsight's platform and select the social media integration widget that aligns with your needs.
Tailor for Perfection
Personalise the widget to align with your website's branding, ensuring seamless integration.
Integration
Once tailored, generate the widget's unique embed code.
Embed
Access your uSkinned Site Builder CMS, find the desired page or blog post (or create a new one), and embed the widget code. The Embed Code component is the perfect tool for this task.
Review and Launch
Now, you can preview the website to make sure you're happy with the widget's functionality and integration. Once satisfied, "Save and publish", to make it live!
The features and integrations are superb! I think the biggest benefit is when we hand a site over to one of our customers - it provides them with control over their entire website.
Richard Davis
Managing Director
Nexmedia
Wrap Up
Leveraging the capabilities of uSkinned Site Builder alongside Elfsight’s social media integrations can profoundly elevate the user experience of your website. By presenting real-time, engaging, and genuine content straight from your social channels, you offer a more interconnected and immersive digital journey for your audience. It's time to make your website a social media hub.
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About the author
Paul Daly
I am a co-founder and the Creative Lead at uSkinned. It's my responsibility to lead the design and frontend coding efforts for all of our products as well as across each team, including Marketing, Branding, Content and Support.