jilles.dev

For people who've never made a website

Make a free website with Codex.

Four copy-and-paste prompts. Codex does all the work. You'll have a real website on the internet by the end of this page — hosted free on Cloudflare, even if you've never written a line of code.

Time
~20 minutes
Cost
Free
Skill level
Total beginner

You will not do any of this:

You copy four short sentences from this page and paste them into Codex — one at a time. If you can copy and paste, you can do this.

The three things you need

How it works: for each step below, click Copy, paste it into Codex, then wait until Codex says it's done. Then come back here and do the next step. That's the whole game.

Permission popups are normal. Codex or ChatGPT might ask permission so it can create or update your website. Click Allow or Yes when that happens.

  1. 01

    Let's make sure my computer is ready

    Codex checks if your computer has everything it needs. If something's missing, it'll install it for you.

    Paste into Codex 
    Let's make sure my computer is ready to build a website. Follow the guide at https://jilles.dev/llm/codex/setup.md
  2. 02

    Let's create a new website

    Codex builds a brand new website on your computer. You'll see it running in your browser.

    Paste into Codex 
    Now let's create a new website on my computer. Follow the guide at https://jilles.dev/llm/codex/create.md — when you're done, remember the folder you created it in so the next steps work on the same website.

    Before you continue: Before Step 3, this works much better if you open the new website folder itself in Codex as a new project — not your Desktop, not a parent folder, and not this guide's folder.

  3. 03

    Let's make it look the way I want

    Tell Codex what your website is about. It'll write the words and design it for you.

    Paste into Codex 
    I opened the new website folder itself in Codex. Now let's design that website. First, make sure you are working inside this website project folder — don't create a new one. Follow the guide at https://jilles.dev/llm/codex/design.md
  4. 04

    Let's put it on the internet

    Codex publishes your website to Cloudflare. You'll get a real link you can share with anyone.

    Paste into Codex 
    Now let's put the website on the internet. Use the same project folder we've been working in. Follow the guide at https://jilles.dev/llm/codex/deploy.md

That's it. Your website is live.

Codex will give you a link that ends in .workers.dev. That's your website. Share it with anyone.

Want to change something later? Just tell Codex what you want and ask it to publish again.