First step in joining this movement is to make your own web space. You have several different options, depending on your technical knowledge and budget. I think it’s important that anyone of any technical skill level can enter this movement, so below are a list of resources depending on where you’re at and your budget. Some options are free, some are not but worth the small investment for what they offer.

Total Beginner

If you have little to no HTML or CSS coding knowledge, these are for you! Drag and drop website builders are some of the greatest tools that make website building easy for anyone. Check them out!

► Canva (FREE with upgrade option)

Canva has its own drag and drop web builder and web publishing. It has many of free pre-made templates you can use, though, if you subscribe to their ‘Pro’ version, you get a lot more. Canva is also a really great graphic design tool, which it is most known for. For more information on their web builder, click here.

► WordPress (FREE)

WordPress is one of the most popular website Creation Tools out there, and best of all, it’s FREE and open source! You don’t need to know any coding in order to have a WordPress website, though, if you know even very basic html or CSS, you can create a site similar to mine! There are great free and paid plugins that can add functionality to your website as well and help you along the creative process, such as Elementor’s drag and drop page builder, and Yellow Pencil. The dashboard can be a bit of a learning curve.

While WordPress itself IS free, you will need to purchase hosting in order to get it online so people can see it. I use Hostinger; it is cheap, reliable, has an automatic self installation for WordPress, and they have the best customer service I have ever come across in a Hosting company. I’ve been hosting with them for nearly half a decade and customer service always goes above and beyond for me, so if you’re a total beginner, I highly recommend them as well because customer support will be more than happy to provide guidance if you need it on your web building journey. To get started with Hostinger, click here.

If you’d like to get started with WordPress on Hostinger, I also recommend first watching this video to walk you through the hosting setup process, and then watch this video after to get comfortable with the WordPress dashboard and its features.

Experienced

If you are familiar with HTML and CSS, the following web creation tools are for you!

► Neocities (FREE with upgrade option)

Neocities is a social network of 627,600 web sites that are bringing back the lost individual creativity of the web. They offer free static web hosting and tools that allow you to create your own web site. With Neocities, you do not need to pay for web hosting or a domain name. So long as you know how to code, you can dive right in to creating your online space right away. Neocities is one of the leading website creation tools for this movement, as it encourages freedom of expression, is open source, and doesn’t pander to advertisers. It also has built-in community features that allow people to easily follow and interact with other website creators using Neocities.

More may be added to this list in the future, but in the meantime, these tools are great to help get you started in joining this movement. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me directly and I’d be happy to help.