From Page to Pixel: Building an Author Website with Base44
A live, hands-on Base44 workshop in our private Discord where Brandon redesigns a real author's website, turning a book and its creative identity into a modern digital experience. Only 24 seats. Every attendee receives 25 free Base44 credits. No coding experience required.
Your attendee perk · Courtesy of Base44
25 FREE
Base44 credits
For every attendee. Handed out live toward the close of the session so you can try what you just learned the same day.
About this session
Join me for a live, hands-on Base44 workshop where I'll redesign a real author's website, transforming an existing book and its creative identity into a modern, engaging digital experience. I'll walk through my creative process from start to finish, including evaluating the existing website, exploring visual direction, improving the user experience, and using Base44 to bring the new design to life.
Along the way, I'll share practical design decisions, AI-powered workflows, and techniques for building websites that tell compelling stories. We'll also explore how to turn the finished website into a reusable Base44 template that attendees can access and customize for their own projects.
Whether you're a designer, author, entrepreneur, or simply curious about building with AI, this session offers a behind-the-scenes look at a real-world project, with practical insights and a useful resource to take away. No coding experience required!
What you will learn
- How to audit an existing author website and decide what to keep, fix and cut
- Finding a visual direction from a book's cover, genre and voice
- Structuring an author site: home, books, about, newsletter, events, contact
- Building the new design in Base44 with AI-powered workflows, live
- Turning the finished site into a reusable Base44 template you can customize
What you walk away with
The 8-Prompt Product (PDF)
Our free field guide to going from idea to a working MVP in one afternoon. It lands in your confirmation email the moment you save a seat.
25 free Base44 credits
For attendees only. Handed out live toward the close of the session, courtesy of Base44, so you can build the same day.
A reusable author website template
Duplicate and customize the finished Base44 site for your own book or brand.
Who this is for
Agenda
12:00
The brief
Meet the author, the book and the current website. What is working and what is not.
12:10
Visual direction
Pulling type, color and mood from the book's identity.
12:20
Live build in Base44
Structure, pages, content and polish, built in front of you.
12:45
From site to template
Packaging the result as a reusable Base44 template.
12:50
Q&A
Bring your own author or portfolio site questions.
Your host
Brandon Groce
Founder, NewForm Creative Hub
Designer and educator behind NewForm and dailywebdesign. Brandon runs live builds, challenges and sprints that help designers ship real products with AI tools.
View profile on NewFormWith author R. A. Moritz
R. A. Moritz
Author of Path to Ashes
Dark paranormal romance author. Path to Ashes (a vampire romance with fangs, feelings and a few corpses) is the book we rebuild live.
Built with Base44
This session is built live in Base44, so you can follow along and build your own.
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25 FREE Base44 credits for every attendee, handed out live