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Create a Responsive Author Website with NO Prior Experience
Rating: 4.4 out of 5(30 ratings)
610 students
Created byTim Johnson
Last updated 6/2014
English

What you'll learn

  • Create a stunning & professional website as the basis of your author platform
  • Build and manage the back-end framework for the site
  • Set up your webserver
  • Obtain a domain name
  • Install Wordpress on your server
  • identify which elements you need on your website

Course content

5 sections9 lectures1h 20m total length
  • The Benefits of Having an Author Website4:10

    We take a look at a few different types of author websites and evaluate the structure and benefits of the different styles. Do you know what you want to include on your new author website?

Requirements

  • A computer with internet access
  • A head shot of yourself to use on the site (optional)
  • $5 per month for associated hosting fees
  • Basic understanding of computers

Description

New to self publishing and need an author website?

This course will walk you step-by-step, through the details of creating a complete, professional, responsive website and it's a LOT easier than you might think.

You will learn how to:

  • Set up your webserver / hosting site
  • Set up your Wordpress installation
  • Operate the "backend" of your new website
  • Create the page framework necessary for your site
  • Setup basic options for a professional installation
  • Install new responsive website themes to change the look and feel of the site
  • Customize themes to suit your needs
  • Create your site content and post blog entries
  • Build a beautiful sliding home page banner to showcase your book(s)
  • Upload your own graphics
  • Create a secure contact form
  • Create an email signup form

You can create a really nice site with very little effort and even less money! I have created dozens of websites on many platforms and have created this course to teach to independent authors, like myself, the most effective method of creating a great author website.

In over ten years of web development I have found WordPress to be the most powerful and easy-to-use platform out there and it is continually getting better with each update.

Whether you want a blog that you can post articles to directly from your iPhone or Android, or if you want just a static informational website, this course will cover it. We'll discuss what kind of content you should provide, as an author and how best to provide it. I'll give you a simple way to collect email addresses of your fans so that you can contact them with future news.

I hope you enjoy the course - please contact me with any questions!

Tim Johnson

P.S. - I've also included a great electronic text book to help you leverage your list of email subscribers most effectively.

Who this course is for:

  • Self published authors
  • Authorpreneurs
  • Independent authors
  • Complete beginners with little to no technical knowledge