Is there anything more yawn-inducing than having to scroll up endlessly to return to the top of the page of a website? Fortunately, a simple back-to-top button will help you keep from losing customers.
This is a button on a web page that brings the visitor back to the top of the page when they click on it. It’s usually located on the lower left-hand corner of the site and the image on it is a cue that lets the visitor know its purpose, usually an upward facing arrow.
A back-to-top button needs to float or be “sticky” on your website so that it stays put in your frame when you scroll and the design of the button shouldn’t get in the way of your other content while also being consistent with your site’s branding.
If you’re breaking into a cold sweat thinking you need to learn JavaScript and CSS to make a responsive, branded back-to-top button, you don’t!
In this post, we’ll give you a short rundown of how to add a back-to-top button using 3 popular web design platforms. They are:
Let’s dive in…
While a scroll-to-top button can support the user experience of most websites, (if used effectively) there are scenarios that make it more valuable or even critical.
Single-page websites tend to load especially fast and have high engagement rates. They can also be faster to build and maintain.
But because it’s all one page, it would take a lot of effort to manually scroll up to get back to the top.
Long-form blog posts are a fantastic opportunity to share insights and build a rapport with your niche and they tend to get high traffic.
When your user is really into your content, they may be becoming a warm lead. So it’s extra important to make sure that it’s easy for them to navigate your website.
With Duda you can make a fully customizable back to top button with no coding and no extra apps to purchase, download or set up. There’s no extra cost and you can have it up and running in just a few minutes, freeing up valuable time you could be using to drive revenue for your clients, scale your business, pet a cat and make a very fine lasagna.
Here’s a step-by-step breakdown on how to add a back-to-top button in Duda’s web design platform.
This is literally a couple of clicks, and will take about a minute.
Seriously, that’s it.
This method is great for setting up a floating button that performs the “back to top” function on a single-page website.
While the “back to top” button is frequently used on single-page websites, you may want to set up a fixed button that links to the top of a particular page on a multi-page website. The process to do this is similarly straightforward.
Again, that’s all it takes. It’s like 30 seconds to do this.
Since people are scrolling, scrolling on mobile devices, Duda automatically adds a back to top button if the site is rendered on a mobile device. You literally don’t need to do anything. That long blog post that you’re worried about adding a back to top button on? It’s already handled for you, automatically.
An effective back-to-top button optimizes the user experience while supporting your goals for your website. We’re proud to help you do this in a way that saves time, so you can focus on the value you bring to your visitors.
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There are many free back-to-top plugins available in WordPress and they vary in how much you can customize them. Some aren’t customizable at all. Here is how you add one…
Note: Elementor is a free WordPress plugin, but to make your button stay fixed in one location or “Sticky”, which is important to the function of this button, you need to buy, install and set up Elementor Pro , the paid version.
Here is how to make a back to top button in Elementor Pro.
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Would you like your button to be more customizable or use something other than WordPress or avoid buying and installing a third-party tool? You’re probably going to have to work with code…
In most content management systems, creating a fully customizable option involves writing code and chances are, you won’t want to learn CSS and JavaScript. You’d also have to dig through your website to find the right code to modify and if you get even one character wrong, it will mess up part of your site and the problem will be hard to diagnose if you aren’t a developer.
