How to create a website from scratch: 7 instructions and free tools

Want to create a website but don’t know where to start? We’ve gathered free courses and guides that will help you master web design, HTML, CSS, and responsive layout. Learn how to independently develop a website for your business, personal project, or online store, without deep knowledge of programming.

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Guide “How to Create a Website from Scratch Without Knowing Design and Development” by Yandex Practicum
Yandex Practicum presents many simple tools that allow you to create a website from scratch on your own. This guide covers web development: where to start learning to become a professional. The guide is divided into topics such as website types, domain and hosting, website platform, structure, prototype and content, design, and publishing the site online.

Guide “Try Creating a Website Together with the New Website Builder” by Canva
The new website builder from Canva is as simple as a photo editor and as functional as a web studio. Over 800 ready-made landing page templates with menus, content, and active links will help you create a stylish website without programming skills. Access to millions of stock photos and graphics, the ability to work on any device, download, and share designs make the process easy and enjoyable.

Duration: 5 steps

Guide “6 Free Website Builders: Create Business Cards, Landing Pages, and Stores from Scratch” by Skillbox
To create a multi-page website, landing page, or online store, you don’t necessarily need to hire a programmer or a web studio. You can do it quickly, independently, and even for free.

Course “Creating a Website Without Programming” by Tilda Education
The course consists of short video lessons that will step-by-step introduce you to the process of creating and configuring a website. In an hour and a half, you will learn to create websites that look good on different devices and are ready for promotion. You will learn where website work begins, what Tilda is and what it can do, how to create a website from ready-made and unique blocks, how to configure form submissions and payments, why a domain is needed and how to connect it to a website, and how to prepare a website for launch and promotion.

Duration: 15 lessons

Responsive Web Design by freeCodeCamp
In this course, you will learn the languages developers use to create web pages: HTML for content and CSS for design. You will learn how to create web pages that adapt to different screen sizes by building a photo gallery using Flexbox and an article layout for a magazine using CSS Grid.

HTML/CSS Course by Beonmax
The interactive online HTML/CSS course is designed for beginners and helps master the basics of programming and coding from scratch. You will learn to create responsive websites, code pages, work in the SublimeText code editor, use HTML tags, style text, position blocks, work with images, and create SEO markup.

Duration: 5 hours

Course “Building a Website Using HTML, CSS, and GitHub Pages” by Codecademy
The course in English will help you start programming by building websites. You will learn the basics of HTML and CSS, learn to apply web design principles, create static websites, and publish them on GitHub Pages.

Duration: 14 hours