Tired of putting off your website? Unsure of where to start? Let's work on it together using free and open-source software!

Are you...

🔗 a racialized / BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, Person of Colour) artist, designer, or creative?

🔗 looking to design a personal website to showcase your work, thoughts, or next project?

🔗 tired of paying monthly for website builders that lock your content into their platform?

🔗 not sure what a website domain is, or where to find good fonts to use?

🔗 searching for a chill and welcoming community of creatives to collaborate with, get feedback from, and exchange ideas with?

You're in luck! Join us this June for a Pay-What-You-Can website workshop. 🖱️

Over the course of three 2-hour sessions, you'll learn how to plan out your website, design the look and feel using Penpot (a Figma alternative), and create the site using Publii (a site generator). All the tools we'll be covering are free, open source software, and cross-platform.

We'll go over the fundamentals creating a website, such as:

🌐 what even is a website, anyway?

🌐 picking out a www.domain-name.com

🌐 planning out your site's structure

🌐 finding cool fonts, colour combinations, and inspo

🌐 using an interface design tool to mock-up the site

🌐 building the website using a static site generator (SSG) and content management system (CMS)

🌐 customizing a theme with simple Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

🌐 adding custom embed code to add interactive elements like tip jars

🌐 tips and tricks for keeping the site accessible

🌐 hosting the website online for FREE!

If you're interested in joining us, complete the registration form below, and indicate whether you want to join in person or online. The workshop series is drop-in, so you can register for all the sessions, or just the ones you're interested in.

Location (hybrid): Online and at the Arts Court building in Odàwàng / Ottawa, ON

Cost: Pay-What-You-Can (PWYC) workshop — no one will be turned away due to lack of funds. 💸