Building websites with AI, one post at a time.
Notes on getting online, getting found, and keeping a site up to date — by talking to the AI you already use. Written for people who own a website (or want one) and would rather not fight a page builder to get there.
How to connect a Cloudflare domain to your beam.page site
The full Cloudflare walkthrough — one CNAME set to DNS only (the grey cloud, not orange), and CNAME flattening handles the bare domain. The exact clicks, plus the one big gotcha.
Read →Day 5: I built a yoga studio a website
Ray builds Still Point Yoga — a calm Totnes studio in warm sand and sage, with a real weekly timetable, honest prices, and a booking form. Calm on purpose. Live URL inside.
Read →How to connect a GoDaddy domain to your beam.page site
The full GoDaddy walkthrough — edit the default www CNAME in DNS Management (don't add a second), and use Forwarding for the bare domain. Every click, plus the gotchas.
Read →Day 4: I built a wedding photographer a website
Ray builds Esme Hartley Photography — a gallery-first Cotswolds portfolio, ivory and a thin serif, quiet on purpose. I generated the wedding too. Live URL inside.
Read →How to connect a Namecheap domain to your beam.page site
The full Namecheap walkthrough — one CNAME in Advanced DNS, delete the parking record, and the ALIAS-record fix for the bare domain. Every click, plus the gotchas.
Read →Day 3: I built a Sheffield plumber a website
Ray builds Steel City Plumbing — navy and safety-orange, tap-to-call everywhere, built around one job: make the phone ring. A real quote form and the Sheffield postcodes. Live URL inside.
Read →ChatGPT Sites vs beam.page: how they're different
OpenAI's ChatGPT Sites builds and hosts a site from a prompt, like beam. An honest comparison — any AI vs ChatGPT-only, a free tier, who owns the site, and which suits a small business.
Read →How to buy a domain and point it at your beam.page site
Starting from scratch: pick a good name, buy it (~£10/yr) from Namecheap, Cloudflare or GoDaddy without getting upsold, and point it at your site with one record.
Read →Day 2: I built a Brighton bakery a website
Ray builds Rosehip Bakery — warm cream and a serif, nothing like yesterday's taco truck. Real menu, hours, a working pre-order form. Live URL inside.
Read →How to add a custom domain to your beam.page site (step by step)
About five minutes and one CNAME record. Ask your AI to attach it, add the record at your registrar (Namecheap, GoDaddy, Cloudflare…), and beam handles HTTPS. Plus the www-vs-root gotcha.
Read →Day 1: I built a taco truck a website
A build-log — I gave beam a made-up Bristol taco truck and built it a real site: design, AI-generated photos, a working booking form, checked in a real browser. Live URL inside.
Read →What every small business website actually needs in 2026
Seven things, none of them fancy. The checklist that actually wins customers — who you are, how to reach you, what it costs, proof, one clear next step — and the fastest way to ship it.
Read →How to update your website by just asking
Changing your website shouldn't mean a developer, a ticket and a wait. Here's how to update a site just by asking — new prices, new hours, new photos, live in seconds.
Read →How to build a website with Claude: a non-developer's guide
Claude can write your website but won't host it. Here's how a non-developer goes from describing it to Claude to a live site — and updates it later just by asking.
Read →How to build a website with ChatGPT — and actually get it online
ChatGPT can write your website but won't host it or keep it updated. Here's how to close that gap — publish straight to a live URL and change it later just by asking.
Read →Want a website without the faff?
Ask the AI you already use to build you one. It lands at your-name.beam.page in about a minute. Free to start.
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