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

Want to create a website but don’t know where to start? We’ve gathered free courses and tutorials to help you master web design, HTML, CSS, and responsive layout. Through these resources, you can create a website for your business, personal project, or online store on your own, without needing deep programming knowledge.

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"How to Create a Website from Scratch Without Design or Programming Skills" Guide — from Yandex Practicum

Yandex Practicum offers simple tools to help you create a website from scratch. This guide provides comprehensive information on web development: where to start learning, how to become a professional. Topics include: types of websites, domain and hosting, website platforms, structure, prototype and content, design, and publishing the website online.

"Try Creating a Website with Canva's New Website Builder" Guide

Canva's new website builder is as simple as a photo editor but as functional as a web studio. It comes with over 800 ready-made landing page templates complete with menus, content, and active links. You can create stylish websites without needing programming skills. Canva offers access to millions of stock photos and graphics, the ability to work on any device, and options to download and share designs.

Duration: 5 steps

"6 Free Website Builders: Creating Business Cards, Landing Pages, and Online Stores from Scratch" Guide — Skillbox

You don't need to hire a programmer or a web studio to create a multi-page website, landing page, or online store. You can do it yourself, quickly, and for free.

"Creating Websites Without Programming" Course — Tilda Education

This course consists of short video lessons showing the steps to create and configure a website. Within an hour and a half, you will be able to create websites that look great on various devices and are ready for promotion. The course covers: where to start working with a website, what Tilda is and what it can do, how to create a website from ready-made and custom blocks, how to configure forms and payment processing, why a domain is needed and how to connect it to your site, and how to prepare your site for launch and advertising.

Duration: 15 lessons

Responsive Web Design Course by FreeCodeCamp

In this course, you will learn the languages used to create web pages: HTML for content and CSS for design. You will master creating responsive web pages, building a photo gallery using Flexbox, and designing a magazine article layout using CSS Grid.

HTML/CSS Course — Beonmax

An interactive online course designed for beginners learning the basics of HTML and CSS. You will learn to create responsive websites, layout pages, work in the SublimeText editor, use HTML tags, format text, arrange blocks, and work with images and SEO tags.

Duration: 5 hours

"Learn How to Build Websites with HTML, CSS, and GitHub Pages" Course — Codecademy

This course in English is for those who want to start programming by building websites. You will learn the basics of HTML and CSS, apply web design principles, create static websites, and publish them on GitHub Pages.

Duration: 14 hours