
Learn how a website empowers writers, artists, and creative professionals to control their voice and content. Engage fans with a living home base that grows your creative career.
A self-hosted website gives you control over your content and terms, avoiding shifting policies of free resources, while hosting with WordPress installation acts as bedrock for your creative career.
Learn three essential steps to launch your self-hosted site: choose a domain name, check availability, and secure reliable hosting, with practical tips for creators.
Learn how to sign up for hosting, register or use your domain, set up a site Spotted thrush, choose payment terms, enable backups, and navigate the control panel with support.
Install WordPress by creating a site folder, pointing your domain to that folder, and running a fresh WordPress install from your control panel. Create a unique admin username and database.
Log into your WordPress dashboard, customize your site title and tagline under settings general, then save changes and preview the live site as you begin design.
Learn the core website layout vocabulary—header area, menu, content area, sidebars, and footer—and see how different themes and layouts shape a site’s look and navigation.
Learn to find, install, and activate WordPress themes with one click from the appearance menu, preview options, and use feature filters to tailor color schemes, layouts, and sidebars.
Learn to create and publish pages on a WordPress editor, using title, content, formatting tools, headings, lists, quotes, links, and read more, with drafts, visibility, and scheduling options.
Create your first post in WordPress by writing a headline, adding content, and publishing. Use keyword-rich titles and permalinks, plus categories and tags to boost search visibility.
Create and manage a WordPress menu by linking pages, posts, and links; use drag-and-drop to arrange top-level and dropdown items, configure the primary location, and publish updates for site navigation.
Congratulations on launching your website and sharing your creative work. Build on a solid foundation and explore plugins, widgets, images, audio, and video to reach fans via email newsletters.
It’s the greatest time in history to be a writer, artist, and creative person. With advances in technology and new paths for reaching new fans, there’s more opportunity than ever to develop a sustainable career as a creative!
And in this modern world, a website is key for this. If you’re interested in using a website to grow your creative career, then this course is for you.
How To Start A Website for Writers, Artists, and Creative Types will lead you step-by-step through everything you need to establish your online platform.
You’ll learn in detail exactly how to set up your own website, make it look just your style, and post updates about your work to connect with new fans. Whether you’re experienced with technology or still prefer writing with an old-fashioned quill, this course will make managing websites and online interactions with readers accessible, easy, and fun.
By the end of the course, you’ll have a solid foundation in website setup and management, along with all the skills you need to keep up the site and start interacting with your fans. The course uses clear and detailed video and text lectures to show you exactly what to do to set up your site. Whether you're experienced with computers or not, you'll be able to follow along at your own pace. You'll have lifetime access to all the lessons here as you build your site.
How To Start A Website for Writers, Artists, and Creative Types is an ideal course for anyone who has a creative drive. Whether you're a bestselling author or are just starting to learn your craft, a website is an important part of your career.
Most of the advice about websites isn't geared for artists and creative types; so this course focuses specifically on the needs of creatives. We make sure the website is part of the process, so it doesn't sap all your creative energy.
After you've finished How To Start A Website for Writers, Artists, and Creative Types, you will know how to: