You can and should make your own little indieweb site! Even if you have no experience at all making a site, or coding at all, I promise you can do it, and I'll help if I can. Here's a quick rundown of how it works:

Every website, from the biggest and most complex, to the little one you're reading now is made of three seperate parts, and all of those need to be in place for a website to function. If you're looking to make a website, you'll need these three things:

1.) Firstly, a website needs a domain name. That's the address someone might type in to get to the site. For this site, the domain is Racquinox.net. For Google, it's Google.com. To have a website, you need to make sure your desired domain name is available, and register a domain name. There are a lot of sevices that offer this at decent prices. Some common places are Domain.com, or Register.com. These, and other sites will require you to make an account to register a domain, as you'll need to manage settings afterwords. Feel free to contact me for any help with that!

2.) Second, every website needs a host. Every website in the entire world is really just a set of files that exists on someone's computer, somewhere in the world. Most people these days opt to pay for a hosting service. Popular options are Host Gator, and Go Daddy.

Alternatively, there is self-hosting. This means setting up a dedicated computer to host your website. This computer would need to be on, and connected to the internet 24/7. This can be a good option for some sites, but can pose a security risk to others, depending on the purpose of the site. Feel free to contact me for help with hosting. The site you're on right now is self hosted! I won't claim to be good at it, but I can get it to work haha. No matter how your site is hosted, it can always be migrated later, so don't feel like you have to be married to one option.

3.) The third and final thing is an actual website. Websites, in reality are a collection of files, stored on their host computer, and accessed through the domain name. The person who makes those files, is a web developer. THAT is my specialty! Websites can take so many forms and purposes, and I love the blend of artistic design with analytical coding and logic. I'm always open to take commissions making websites, or to give advice and help guide you through the process. If you commission me, this is how that will work:

Websites vary wildly in scope and size, so it's not realistic for me to give a price range. Contact me, and tell me about your website, your goals and what you have in mind, and I'll provide you with a quote for building your project. Some projects will take longer to build than others, but I'll always give you updates, and check in during the building process to make sure things are going in a direction you're happy with. It will likely begin with some sort of mock-up to set a clear path.

Once all the files are made, and you're happy with the work, I'll send an invoice, and if it's relevant, we'll set a maintenance agreement. Once those formalities are finished, I'll upload the files to the hosting server, and your site will be live!

Lots of sites require maintenence, as the content might change, you might want to go through a redesign, and all sorts of other situations, and those will be sorted out in the maintenance agreement.

Once your site is made, and no matter how long we've been working together, you're always free to move to a different developer at any time, or to work on your own site privately.

If you already have a website and are looking for help from a developer, I'm open to that as well. Just send me a message, tell me about your goals, send me a link if possible.

I really love the internet, and working to make sure your corner of it is exactly what you want it to be, and also I want to make sure your experience of having a website is the best that it can be.