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Best no-code or low-code solution for simple website?

Hi all, I'm writing a book and I want to create a simple website I can point people to if they're interested in learning more. Basically it would be a single page with some info about the book and a place to enter their email for updates. I can code but I don't have much frontend experience and I'd like to put this together with a minimum off fuss. Would love to hear from people who've done something like this - What tools did you use? What would you recommend? Thanks!

on January 11, 2022
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    carrd.co is super good and is run by an indie hacker too!

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    Find a free/cheap template customise the text/images a little and host it with Netlify. Should take an hour if you have the copy.

    We don't have any book specific templates but you might like https://versoly.com/templates as we have a no-code UI with a lot of blocks compared to a normal template. Can export for $49.

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    Hey Nate, I think you should try using Notion, then Popsy builder (https://popsy.co/) which lets you make a free Notion website. Choose between custom themes, add buttons, icons to links and so much more. It's also super user-friendly. I'd like to follow your book writing journey so drop me a link and good luck with the project 😊

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    Out of interest, what time frame are you looking at to build something? Days or weeks?

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      For the website itself, I'd really like to keep it to days. Between actually writing the book and various other stuff I've got going on, I just don't have much time to wrangle with the website design.

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        Or preferably minutes-hours quite honestly.

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    Quite a few hosting providers offer a free website builder thrown in as well. If its a simple site and you need a domain as well then that might be a quick and easy route to go down. Some offer a free small site with a domain name purchase if the bandwidth per month is low. Where you are in the world would depend on who would suggest.