Easy AF web design, tips and tricks for your design business (Udemy.com)
Skyrocket your income without writing a single line of code - Learn passive income ideas for your web design business
Created by: Megan Dorien
Last updated September 2023
What you will learn
- Create a custom website from scratch using the super simple platform, Squarespace.
- Setup a trial Squarespace account, no credit card required at all.
- Dive into Squarespace's interface and learn all of its essential functions and tools.
- Take an existing website and give it a complete redesign. We'll use it as an example throughout the entire course.
- You'll learn what every single function of building a webpage is, like how to add content, images, titles, blog posts, video, products, projects to your site.
- I'll teach you all about images for the web; where to get them, and how to budget for them, while making money in the process.
- I'll show you how to master the 'Style Editor" so creating custom branding to your site is a breeze.
- I'll teach you the basics and importance of SEO and how to properly optimize images for the web.
How it compares
Against the other 815 rated Udemy courses in Web Development on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 33% of them
- Reviews791#204 of 816 by number of reviews
- Length3.1 hoursshorter than 78% of them
- Last updatedSeptember 2023earlier than 66% of them
Course Description
**DISCLAIMER** Since creating this course, Squarespace has done significant upgrades to the backend of its platform. In some/most instances the videos will not match what you see on my screen. If you are only looking to learn how to use Squarespace, then you should take another course that is more up-to-date.
BUT, if you are looking for more of a general, how to run a web design business, then yes, take this course you will learn a ton!
This course is so much more than "how to design a website using Squarespace". That's only the basis of the course; the rest is jam-packed with tips, tricks, and advice on how to make more money designing websites. I've taken my 12+ years of experience and condensed these invaluable lessons into simple, easy-to-follow steps.
The only live videos are the short intro parts where I set up each section. The majority of the lectures are screencasts. Learning by watching has been proven to be the most effective way for the average learner. If you listen to what I'm teaching (vs. just watching along) you will get valuable insight into what it's like to own a web design business.
The feedback I've gotten from this course has been humbling and astonishingly positive. With over 1,000 students, I'm confident you'll love this course.
Instructor Details
- 4.4 Rating
791 Reviews
Megan Dorien
Hi, I'm Megan.
I've been a web developer for the past 17 years. I started my career in the agency world, then moved into freelance so that I could live the digital nomad lifestyle.
While I still travel while working, I've since settled down on the Gulf side of Florida, in the US. I work for myself and help small to mid-sized businesses with Design and Direction.
You can see some of my work on my IG account - my handle is my name, megandorien.
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Reviews
By Garrett Goldsmith on 1/8/2022
The instructor was fun and had good energy but the course moves so fast and it felt like parts were sped up to high to follow along with. The updates to square space make you have to pause and find the section that is being talked about. This course needs better structure with complete explanations of entire sections before moving on to the next. With the course being 3 or 4 years old it needs to be redone.
By Maddi Cryer on 7/19/2021
Megan is a great teacher! She has a great way of making you feel at ease and honestly, when she describes this course as containing "Gold" she is not wrong. Yes it isn't working with SQSP 7.1 all the time, but it's really easy to adjust and just use your common sense and she includes lots of updates to explain the small changes to the interface from 7 to 7.1 throughout anyway. Love this gal and I learnt a lot!! Thank you Megan!
By Houssam boumakhla on 1/24/2021
Amazing well rounded-up course! At the first section my rating to this course was about 3, as I came with a mindset expecting more in depth technical stuff (I admit these expectations have no basis as the course states it is of a beginner difficulty). Throughout the course I realized how amazing and very well rounded up and touched on almost all the essentials and taught me things I didn't I even need to know. The only thing I wish it had covered by the end is some little details on how to deliver the website to a client once ready, but I still gave it a 5 stars rating as it would've been just a good plus but the course isn't about that, so it's fair to not include it. Thank you very much for this course, I definitely recommend it.
By Caitlin Riley on 1/18/2021
I wish there weren’t so many updates. I know the instructor is doing her best, but as a result the course feels messy and disjointed. She has charisma and I like her style, but it’s just not well organized. Also, she clicks on things WAY TOO FAST. I had to pause frequently and stop and rewind because she navigates the arrow so quickly. In future lessons I would urge her to slow down with her arrow navigation. It’s just too fast and you miss what she’s doing if you don’t rewind.
By Gifford Yap on 8/25/2020
Thanks for a great course, Megan. I appreciate the energy that you brought into the delivery, as well as your business and UI/UX insights. This course gave me the info and confidence I needed to start tinkering around on my own. Cheers!
By Carmel Pagnotta on 3/3/2020
I love this course. It’s so simple, well put together and organized, and I like Megan’s laid-back approach. She makes the stuff that can at first appear scary seem like no big deal. I’ve used it to understand the basic building blocks of SquareSpace, and I come back often to jump into various sections for reminders, how-to’s, and solid advice. Megan, if you’re reading this, make more courses on design/dev/e-commerce/SEO/etc. I’m in!
By Sarah Hall on 12/20/2019
I thought the course was informative, easy to follow and brilliant value for money. I appreciated the SEO tips as I did not expect that to be included so it was a nice bonus. I would have liked to have seen more information about how to re size images on Squarespace. I found it complicated to re size an image you have inserted into a page, you can't just drag it smaller, have to use the spacer system. With regards to Squarespace itself I didn't like their auto resize feature at all. I was trying to add a banner I had designed myself with illustrations on it. The auto resize feature and lack of clear size guidelines made it completely impossible. However if you just want to add photos as the Home Page like it shows in the course then it works fine.
By Mr. M . on 11/29/2019
Detailed and step by step process of how to build a site in Squarespace. Also covers the work done outside of squarespace such as finding color palettes, connecting to an external domain provider, and researching fonts. A well rounded class for someone just starting out that wants to be a squarespace web site creator. This course wasn't meant to cover CSS and additional code to customize Squarespace so that did not impact my rating. If Megan offers a part 2 class to take it to next level, I would buy it in a second. -Guy just starting out who wants to have a "make websites" side hustle.
By Susan on 11/15/2019
Awsome and when I’m done with my site and all the SEO you recommend I will hire you to improve it a little more. My friend Christine Clemens recommended you and your course and she is always correct !! Reimboldeye.com unfortunately I payed another designer to help me December 2 to help me with SEO and pointing my new sight to my existing 1&1 domain (ionos) now. I will be hiring you in January though to help with my online store. I am going to purchase autocam 360 and before I purchase I want to make sure how to use some HTML to embed 360 photos into the e-commerce tab like good see.co hope you can help me
By odie girl13 on 8/30/2018
This is the perfect course for a new or almost new Squarespace web developer. The instructor not only shows you the ins and outs of Squarespace but she shows you how to get the business side of it going. Her explanations are very clear and concise and she does not let you get overwhelmed. I really like that she takes you through not only the structure of the pages but the design and UX elements as well including fonts, colors, spacing, etc. Really fun course that makes you feel like you can do it! I am hoping she will offer more classes with an emphasis on design.
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Overall Score : 88 / 100






