Chapter 9. Growing a profile page into a website

Key points

• A website sits on the extension of a profile page
• Multiple pages, mobile support and a custom domain make it feel like a proper site
• Do not aim for perfect; grow it a page at a time, in small steps

A website is built the same way

"Website" sounds like a sudden increase in scale, but it is essentially the same as a profile page. The difference is more pages, and information that is organised. Extend the approach from Chapter 5 and you can build one.

A therapist's website might be structured like this:

• Home — the first impression of you or your practice; what you do, at a glance
• Profile — what you built in Chapter 5, reusable almost as it is
• Services — treatment, self-funded rehabilitation, courses: what you offer
• News / blog — the knowledge base you grew in the previous part (your Obsidian notes) becomes the material here
• Contact — how to reach you, and the path to an enquiry

How to ask the AI

Make a new folder separate from the profile project (say 20260529_homepage) and proceed exactly as in Chapter 5. A first prompt might be:

Build a personal website for a physical therapist.

Structure

• home page (an overview of who I am and a path to the services)
• profile page
• services page (three: musculoskeletal rehabilitation, self-funded rehabilitation, courses)
• contact page (with a space for contact details)

Appearance

• a calm, trustworthy design
• it must hold together on a phone

Technology

• build with HTML, CSS and JavaScript

Again, build up revisions in small steps: "change the colour of the home page", "put a photograph on the profile", one at a time.

Three touches that make it feel like a proper site

1. Mobile support (responsive design). Most people look at sites on a phone. Simply asking the AI to "make sure it holds together on a phone" gets you a layout that adapts to the screen size.

2. A custom domain. A ●●.vercel.app URL is convenient, but a custom domain such as your-name.com is memorable and reads as professional. For freelancers and sole traders, that feeds directly into trust. Domains can be registered from a few pounds a year and pointed at Vercel. (Registration and setup go slightly beyond this guide; when you need it, ask the AI to walk you through.)

3. Do not skip the pre-publication check. Run the Chapter 7 checklist on a website too. Look particularly at contact details and photographs for unintended personal information.

Do not aim for perfect

The stance carried through from the previous part holds here too.

Do not wait to understand it perfectly; tidy as your hands move.

Try to build an impressive website from the outset and your hands stop. One page. Publish. Then grow it. A small site that is actually live is worth many times the perfect conception in your head.

Chapter 9 summary

• A website extends from a profile page; the same approach widens
• Mobile support and a custom domain make it feel proper
• Do not aim for perfect; grow a page at a time, in small steps