Planning Your No-Code Website
1h 38mIntermediate2020-11-30
Authors

Jen Kramer
Teaches web design and development
Course details
Making your own website may be easier than ever before, with the amount of services, sites, and tools at your disposal, but all those options and choices may lead to decision paralysis. What domain do you pick? What hosting service do you use? How do you design the site to match your brand? Let longtime LinkedIn Learning instructor Jen Kramer show you the way. In this course, Jen covers the important decisions to be made in the no-code website realm, from the first decisions, to building the site, to maintaining the site after creation. She covers factors to consider when making personal aesthetic choices such as fonts, tone, and imagery, as well as technical aspects like choosing a platform, optimizing images for the web, and improving website performance. If you have an idea or brand you want to promote with a website, this course will give you the tools to help you get up and running.
Skills covered
SquarespaceFull-Stack Web DevelopmentProjectWeb Development
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Planning your first no-code website
1. Web Strategy
- 02 - Storytelling tips for websites
- 03 - Understanding organizational, user, and website goals
- 04 - Eliminating website ROT
- 05 - Organizing your content
- 06 - The importance of a call to action (CTA)
- 07 - Choosing and managing domain names
- 08 - Managing email with a custom domain name
2. Images, Colors, and Fonts
- 09 - Voice, tone, and brand
- 10 - Three tips for choosing effective photos
- 11 - Understanding image formats for the web
- 12 - Optimizing images for the web
- 13 - Choosing great fonts for your website
- 14 - Choosing a great color scheme for your site
- 15 - Three easy ways to improve website performance
3. Choosing a Platform
- 16 - What's the right platform for my website
- 17 - WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org
- 18 - Squarespace
- 19 - Wix.com
- 20 - Editor X
- 21 - Webflow
Next Steps
- 22 - Maintaining your website
- 23 - Recommended courses for further learning
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