How to build a basic, beautiful one page author website

By the end of this article, you will be able to build and launch an amazing one-page author website, even if you don't know how to code.

A website has always been a critical part of an author’s website, it’s just that people didn’t realize it until recently. I’ve always believed that you needed a “home base” that you wholly owned. When somebody types in your name, why would you want to send them to Amazon, or Goodreads, or somewhere you didn’t own?

That said, it’s not without technical difficulty to set up a website. Luckily, with the existing tools at our disposal, we can create an absolutely stunning website without a lot of tech knowledge at all.

One skill I never thought I would develop is building websites and I definitely never thought I would write an article about it, but here we are. I wouldn’t call myself a web developer since I don’t know any coding languages, but if you point me to a good no-code website builder, I can make something pretty and functional.

I’ve been building websites since 2010, when I created my first website through Homestead, which I recently learned was still around, though my account h…