Creating Your Own Website: Where to Start and What Your Options Are

Whether it be to play music, find local restaurants, order a new shirt, or apply for a job, we use websites for nearly everything!

This workshop will give an introduction to basic knowledge needed to start the website development process, discussing topics such as how websites work behind the scenes, the different options available for building a website, the logistics of getting a website running, and cost estimates for a final product.

Topics include:

• What exactly is a website?
• Why and How to Make Your Own Website
• Hand-Coding Websites
• Web Development Logistics
• The Costs of Having a Website Big Picture: Everything You’ll Need for a Website

Remote Attendance

STS sessions can be attended remotely via Zoom at the following link: https://go.wisc.edu/stszoom

The room opens at the start of the workshop (typically, 5:30pm CST).