How to Build a FREE Website with Notion (Full Tutorial)

[@vcab5319]

As soon as i clicked on the vid i got a wave of nostalgia bc i hadn't realised how much i've missed you on the main channel. Since i don't use Notion much i wasn't tuning in most of these videos but man you bet i'm going to devour the hell out of this tutorial bc god knows we can all use a good portfolio & i had never thought about Notion for it. Thanks for all the great help & resources you in reach for us mortals.

[@RobotechII]

Wow only five minutes in and gotta say this is some great content.

[@davidkarapetyan3685]

Thanks Man. It's rare to see people who shares all the knowledge and provides quality content.

[@chillydoog]

You must be new to KZbin. Welcome. There is a lot of people sharing knowledge here. Glad to have you!

[@pastpresence8173]

The fact that you used your own work for the portfolio was actually motivating, it's still quite hard for me to promote my own work so I hope I can get at least have that kind of confidence or love for my own work, love the informative tutorial as well with you explaining everything and why you design the layout a certain way, as well as share free alternative tools

[@emoryplaton]

Having Notion as a portfolio is a life saver and less time consuming. This is the dawn of new job hiring that instead of coding or designing the webpage for your portfolio, Notion is much simpler and have this minimalistic design for yourself to edit.

[@skubydubydu]

Came here to learn how to build a basic website, learnt how to build my business. Thomas you are so good.

[@amuchoki6]

Thanks Thomas, I just created my portfolio.

[@dexteralex3118]

Been working on this for a week, almost done🤗. So excited for this! Thanks so much Thomas, appreciate it

[@dexteralex3118]

I'm done! It's live now! Thank you so much!

[@couriouszen]

Just curious- How’s it look

[@SwayzLizzy]

This is amazingly helpful! Thank you so much Thomas! 🖤

[@danielpa9826]

WOW this is awesome! THANK YOU

[@ellieflier]

This is so helpful. Thank you for doing this!

[@yesges]

Use notion to build a website!!! What a great free tool!!

[@migoermita]

Saw this just now and it's liquid gold!

[@roter13]

I'm moving my UX portfolio to Notion. This is helpful.

[@theintersectionpodcast]

Fantastic video. Exactly what I was looking for to close clients, this is amazing!

[@Rebecca-qg8pb]

I would use this for my copywriting portfolios Thanks 😊

[@cahezdd]

Very instructive! 🤓

[@writerbyluck]

going to use this video's tips. Thanks so much!

[@laurentylermoore2589]

How did you know I needed to see this today? Thank you!

[@alifebriyanto]

Good video

[@yt-thepolarisproject]

thank you

[@briancarmichael6748]

Great video! Thanks for sharing

[@Okay_justcallmekim]

Thank you and God bless you

[@ashleighrobertson5345]

Sooooo helpful! THANK YOU!

[@EatSmilesForLunch]

This is amazing. Thank you so much!! I wonder though, if lottie files can be displayed in a Notion portfolio?

[@kseniagarkavenko6329]

thank you for this video 😍

[@rendelx]

Very great and informative video. Thank you.

[@3dchick]

So much awesome info--wow! Thanks!

[@vallabhravan]

Great! BUT how to set the website in light mode?

[@crisfehr]

Pretty cool - thx so much for putting out this video. High production value as always, and appreciate your Notion expertise!

[@fionayin-688]

thanks for your content sharing.

[@shivamsinghratiya]

The KATEX: That Sir, Thomas has talked about in the video... \begin{aligned} I've~worked~on: \end{aligned}

[@MassimoRough]

I wish this video was sponsored by one of those platforms offering to host your website))

[@ThomasFrankExplains]

Ha! I'm aiming to not do up-front sponsorships on this channel, though I'd be open to being an affiliate for those platforms. I personally use Notaku and quite like it, and I've seen some really great sites built on Super and Potion.

[@edenmoody]

Watched this because interested in using Notion as a website/blog… but after checking out your website, it looks like some of the content is unavailable if the website visitor doesn’t have the app? For example, the table of contents aka : “open me“ is not clickable on my device…

[@ekointerno]

thank you so much

[@juleez]

If we decide to go this route, how do we deal with a domain email address for email marketing? What options are there if you have a free Notion website to have a domain email address? Would it be a 3rd party email provider?

[@ThomasFrankExplains]

Yes, and I ALWAYS recommend doing it this way. Even if you’re not using Notion, I would never recommend using the same service for site hosting and email. Instead use something like Google Workspace and set up your DNS with mx records as needed

[@juleez]

@@ThomasFrankExplains Thanks so much! Great Video. I've built a free Notion site. Awesome!

[@brendalg4]

How do we know what to choose? Something Notion specific or something more standard like WordPress?

[@bluerain1129]

Hello sir, how to make down icon in open me menu? Thanks

[@baahbadu5536]

How did you add the toggle?

[@rutujawarange7688]

Thankyou for the video. It helped me create my portfolio, but my published page by default shows Light mode even when i send others, i know cntrl +shift+ L will fix it, but is there any other solution?

[@ephrin-ligand]

Dear Thomas, can you please tell me what speakers you have on your desktop?

[@ThomasFrankExplains]

Yamaha HS7s

[@leonardoantoniomaundokabon786]

merci

[@gavinzhu9695]

nice video, but why the gallery view doesn't show up after I publish my site?

[@ThomasFrankExplains]

Is your gallery view's source database somewhere else? If so, you'll need to make sure it's also published publicly.

[@gavinzhu9695]

@@ThomasFrankExplains thanks mate, found the problem, I didn't publish my database

[@loufusilero3378]

great content, im working on 2 portfolio in notion and would definitely take note of this. However is the button feature isntn't avaiable back when you created this? So instead of creating a long landing page, why dont you section it per page and create a button to link them all together.

[@ThomasFrankExplains]

Buttons could likely work for that purpose! You could also just use links; you don't actually need to create buttons just to connect multiple pages. For this video, I intentionally kept the site to one page just to keep things simple for people following along.

[@loufusilero3378]

@@ThomasFrankExplains Thanks for the response Thomas. Quick one though, is there a way to change the favicon instead of Notion icon?

[@amaankhan333]

Web developers been really quite since this dropped.

[@kayhoevelmann]

Hey Thomas. First: Thanks for your amazing Work. I'm really enjoy Notion but with your help I learned to love it ;) Just one Question: I'm using your ULTIMATE SECOND BRAIN Template. And when I'm sharing a page to the web the content does not show. I guess because of the linked Database stuff. Is there a way to fix this? I will ask this in the circle as well. Just wanna let you know that all the way to germany we are watching your content ;)

[@ThomasFrankExplains]

Hey Kay! Sorry for the late reply, KZbin was hiding all my comments. Just had to send them a bug report about it. That issue is happening because the underlying database isn't shared to the web. So people can get to the page you shared, but the database rows aren't publicly available. If you share the source database too, everything should work!

[@curiositywithaly]

Hi Thomas, thanks a lot for this! This is is pretty cool & I would like to thank you for your amazing content, it really is extremely useful! Second, I was wondering if you have any solutions to the following three problems: 1-Is it possible to create a dynamic ranking system? For example, ranking pages in a database from 1 to 10, where every time I change a number it automatically updates the rest of the numbers. 2-Is there a way to automate the use of icons in notion (or batch apply templates to existing pages)? I have a database of articles in notion, but unfortunately they already have text inside, which means that it's very time consuming to have to apply the template button with my preferred icon. Is there are a way to "apply all" to existing pages and use a specific icon for multiple pages at once? 3-I created a relation property between two pages, in particular between book titles & book authors. However, I already have the book author property filled but in text form & I want to copy all the data from text form into the relations property, is there a way to automatically do this as I have more than a 1000 authors? Thanks a lot!

[@IAMCHIDERA]

Where do you host it though? Wouldn’t you need to pay for that?

[@ThomasFrankExplains]

Nope, Notion hosts it 🙂 Honestly at this point, I think Notion is the best tool for making a really simple and quick site. We don’t have custom domains or powerful design tools yet, but I think for a lot of people, they would simply not make a website if they felt they had to worry about that stuff right away.

[@adrianbyg5553]

Hello there general Kenobi

[@ThomasFrankExplains]

Well hello there

[@hawaiirealmedia5610]

I've worked in video as an editor and director for 25 years. I don't know any editors that don't know how to edit for KZbin. Where does that 99% number come from?

[@ThomasFrankExplains]

Experience talking with many, many established KZbinrs who have tried to hire editors, as well as hiring editors myself. Most truly do not have work in their portfolio that demonstrates specific ability to edit for social channels. When I hired my editor, I got maybe two applications from from people with social/YT experience, and over a hundred that linked to only corporate work.

[@hawaiirealmedia5610]

@@ThomasFrankExplains Sorry. That makes no sense Ability to edit for social media ? It’s a red herring. Any qualified pro commercial editor can do it. 99% can’t do it?

[@okechukwuanudokem2060]

"full stack"

[@gs7089]

Great presentation! I've learned quite a number of things! I wasn't even considering making a portfolio but now I'm eager to try it!

[@ArmandoBruck]

Your content is great, thanks for sharing it.

[@jonathanirons231]

Awesome as ever. Always learn something about marketing and presentation.

[@kennethkingdon-korab2174]

I paid for the monthly sub just to support Development. On top of that, free version was so good I felt guilty 😂. Can't beat $10 either

[@lokeshsingh1417]

Hi Thomas, Really great tutorial. I have learnt a lot. But there is some issue happening with me. I have opened your notion on PC and mobile both and it looks the same on both. But In my case My mobile notion website messed up. It sucks. Please reply me if there is solution.

[@VanNguyen-lq9bn]

detailed & useful, thank you so much Thomas!!!

[@j.m.silva__]

Amazing content, man! Thanks so much

[@abududamilola2357]

This video was really helpful...best so far❤

[@arnaurapid]

Tremendu! No pares de sorprendre manoi! 🤩

[@koomemaxwell]

Hey Thomas, great video as usual. Question here: can you use a database to add a kind of quasi-blog to your website?

[@ThomasFrankExplains]

Yep, you absolutely can!

[@dexteralex3118]

Can you add multiple pages as you normally would to a notion page?

[@pravin.kumar3]

I have actually made my resume on notion and I think that it will be really cool to mention in my LinkedIn !

[@anuwakmathurvlogs7299]

First 😊

[@TDTheTruth]

2th

[@NoahDaBoa]

So so helpful! ❤

[@TheNinindi]

Hi Thomas, my notion site is now public but when I use my copied link from the "share" button, it always takes me to a "Continue to external site by following the link below" warning first before going to my notion site. I noticed that your page doesn't have this issue. Was there anything you did to prevent this from happening? Thank you for the amazing tutorial!

[@andreabolldorf675]

Great Teaching- Thank you, but I am missing the link in the desc for KaTex sources that you mentioned at timestamp 14:53. Could you please add them? I learnt sooo much Notion from your KZbins that I love making templates more than using them in my life. *GG

[@AKAlias]

There are so many gems and values in this video. Thank you very much.

[@pratikghadage_]

Super Cool Thomas that's what I actually wanted

[@abigaelchebet7673]

Hi, Thomas. You're the best and your work is superb!

[@WallStreet18]

why are you don´t post something on your main Chanel

[@Tesla-Cannon]

I've been trying to create a portfolio in Notion! Pumped to watch

[@everyoneroasted]

it's not free, i have to pay 8$ monthly just to make my page public, complete clickbait, i don't blame you though

[@ThomasFrankExplains]

You can make individual pages public on the free plan. I have several Free Plan workspaces with public pages; in fact, the demo for my Ultimate Brain template is on a free workspace. What the $8/month gets you is a public home page and a notion.site domain. Here's the URL of the page I built in this video: thomas-experimental.notion.site/Thomas-Frank-Internet-Video-Editor-b9dd8e36eb184bf197f094120ed071dc This is on a free-plan workspace.

[@human8461]

You’re the best-huge thanks

[@nicanormwalalo7019]

This is dope. Just in love with the video and styles used

[@robertlee7605]

Your sales page is generating an error - 500: Server Error Whoops, something went wrong on our servers.......

[@ThomasFrankExplains]

Fixed now!

[@ambrogiolorenzetti4628]

thank you so much...

[@bdatadecoder]

Thank you!

[@unitedbabes2163]

Love it! Thanks Thomas for the great tutorial and inspiration