Course Information
Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
2 Hour(s) 46 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
Jared Gold
Rating
2 views
Course Overview
Follow along as I work side-by-side with a real client to create and launch her business website from scratch.
In this course, you will follow along as I work live with a real client side-by-side to launch her business website entirely from scratch - so that you can use that same exact process to create your own website.
To see the final product of what we created live in the class to set expectations for what you can build on your own by following along, view the free preview video titled "Website build: recap" under the "Building out the website (shown side-by-side with my client)" under the curriculum section closer to the bottom of this page.
You want to save potentially thousands of dollars by just doing it yourself. You just want something simple to make you look more professional.
But where do you even get started / what happens when you get stuck? Creating a website is hard!
This course is for you.
This course is designed to help you walk away with an attractive 4-5 page brochure website (which includes a contact form) - no artistic / technical ability needed.
We will be using the Squarespace platform, which is the most turnkey and user-friendly DIY website creation platform.
My class is very different in two big ways:
- Rather than simply showing you how to do things (e.g. how to add text, pictures, a form, etc.) - much of the course is designed to teach you my framework to help you learn the basics of thinking like a web designer and helping you envision your perfect website. That seems to be where most people struggle with.
- After I walk through the educational portion, I will work side-by-side with Emilie, a client of mine who is starting a business herself.
I look forward to having you in the class so you can launch your website ASAP!
Course Content
- 7 section(s)
- 30 lecture(s)
- Section 1 How to think about websites / getting started
- Section 2 What is good design?
- Section 3 Discovery Figuring out exactly what you want your website to be
- Section 4 Curating the content
- Section 5 Building out the website (shown side-by-side with my client)
- Section 6 Quality Check + Launch
- Section 7 Post-launch monitoring, maintenance, and support
What You’ll Learn
- Know how to think like a web designer using the basic best practices, Clarify your design preferences/basic branding and curate your content, Apply those best practices to create an attractive new website
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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JJeanette Brickner
Really useful, I've had a SquareSpace website that I hired someone to make two years ago, and while I had done some tweaking myself in the meantime I now feel not only confident enough to make some major changes on the original website but also to possibly make a second website for my other business on my own using the platform. At the very least, I have a better understanding of how it all works now.
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MMike Cartledge
I found this course really helpful. It is just long enough to cover all bases, while getting to the point quickly enough to stay engaging. Jared did a really good job explaining and demonstrating how to get up and running on Square-space. The attached documents that are included are also really helpful to get you clear about exactly how you want your website to be like BEFORE starting to create it. This was the most important takeaway for me and improved my brand vision a lot. Overall, I am really pleased i took this course. Thanks Jared!
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GGary Mason
Solid introduction covering all key points and certainly a worthwhile investment of your time. Updates needed in some of the practical building tasks in order to reflect the current software version and avoid confusion.
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KKaren Lowenstein Martinez
The presenter has very clear explanations for me as a novice. The ways in which the content is chunked are helpful. The real-world examples and the specific building of one business' site definitely illustrate the application of the content. Thank you!
