AI Websites Fundamentals

FLAGSHIP★4.9(64)240 studentsAll Levels3h 19mUpdated 2026-05-01

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About this course

The hard case against WordPress + Lovable + v0 + Bolt + Framer + Wix + Replit. Then the methodology — plan, plan, plan, plan, plan some more. Then the 2-3 weeks of wiring nobody mentions. Then what's now possible (custom plugins, calculators, dashboards) and the $10k website promise. Modeled on Allen's real-world software methodology.

What you'll learn

Make the hard case against WordPress and every AI site builder — and back it with real 2026 data

Plan a website before you write a line of code — vision, sitemap, db-map, field-decisions

Run the 'what revolves around the user' data-modeling exercise on your own project

Wire forms → database → dashboards → math, page-by-page

Build custom 'plugins' (calculators, quoting, AI form-fillers, dashboards) in your own codebase

Run the 2-3 week QA polish pass that separates a $1k site from a $10k site

Hand off to a real dev later without any rebuild — open standards, your own GitHub

Course curriculum

7 modules·45 lessons·Total 3h 19m

01The 2026 vulnerability reality — 11,334 WP plugin/theme vulnerabilities, +42% YoY, 5-hour median exploit time (Patchstack 2026)Preview3m

02The plugin economy is broken — 97% of vulnerabilities live in plugins/themes you can't audit2m

03Maintenance hell — weekly patches, broken plugins, DB migrations, the managed-hosting tax2m

04Performance ceiling — WP is slow by default, caching doesn't save you2m

05Liability angle — if you sell WP sites in 2026, you're insuring a known-bad product2m

01The pattern — they all optimize for 'first impression', not 'real ownership'2m

02Lovable — design drift, push/pull horror, manual edits overwritten2m

03v0 by Vercel — force-push, Next.js-only lock-in, expensive at scale2m

04Bolt.new — in-browser limits, full project re-renders, instability2m

05Framer + AI — pretty but no real backend, vendor lock-in2m

06Wix Studio AI — not a real codebase, can't AI-enhance, exit = full rebuild2m

07Replit Agent — alpha quality, hallucinates dependencies2m

08The common failure — when you outgrow them (and you will), it's a full rebuild2m

01You own the codebase — every file, version-controlled, in YOUR GitHub2m

02Open standards — Next.js + Tailwind + React. Any real dev can pick it up2m

03No vendor lock-in — host anywhere, swap any piece, scale infinitely2m

04When the agency comes in later to fix your site, they can. Try that with Wix.2m

01The truth nobody says — planning IS the work. Design is the easy 20%Preview2m

02The Claude Code planning phase — vision doc, sitemap, key flows in plain English BEFORE any code2m

03The 'what revolves around the user' exercise — user → business? phone? vehicle? driver? — the data-modeling intro every non-dev needsPreview3m

04Database schema mapping — what tables you actually need, how they relate2m

05Schema + indexing basics — what to index, what to skip, why slow queries kill apps2m

06Page map + user flow — every page, every state, every form submission → where does the data go?2m

07Walkthrough — the real planning docs from a live production project: mvp-build-plan.md, db-map.md, field-atlas.md, field-decisions.md3m

08The brainstorm → dial-in → re-plan loop. Plan twice, build once.2m

01Why 'looks great' is the trap — a beautiful site that doesn't work is a $0 site2m

02Wiring forms → database → confirmation → admin dashboard. Every step3m

03Search functionality — full-text, filters, faceted. What actually works3m

04Menu state, navigation guards, route changes — the small stuff that breaks UX2m

05URL redirects — the migration step nobody mentions. 301s from your old URLs preserve SEO and prevent dead-link emails (next.config redirects + Vercel rewrites)2m

06Dashboards + the math problem — when numbers gotta be right (real example: bookings × tier × discount)2m

07The 2-3 week polish reality — page-by-page audit, click every button2m

08DIY QA process — the audit checklist (modeled on Allen's qa-polish-pass.md from a real production project)3m

09When to hire QA so you can keep designing — the right time to bring someone on2m

01No more plugin shopping — every 'plugin' you need, you just build. Custom to YOUR app2m

02Calculators, quoting, auto-quoting — the apps inside your site2m

03AI tools that fill out forms for users — the customer-experience uplift2m

04Custom dashboards + communities + courses + payment processing — all in your own codebase3m

05The $10k website promise — once you're good at this, $10k custom-coded sites are no problem2m

01The full stack graze — Next.js · Tailwind · Vercel · Supabase. Why this combination wins2m

02Security matters — prompt injection, RLS, secrets. → AI Security & Privacy 1012m

03Build the methodology end-to-end → Claude Code Fundamentals2m

04Rank in ChatGPT / Claude / Perplexity → AI Search2m

0510,000 pages from a spreadsheet → Programmatic SEO Deep Dive2m

06The full Web Development Bundle saves ~30% across the stack + the Affiliate Program plug3m

What you take home

7 downloadable artifacts

Every course ships with the methodology AND the working assets. Drop them straight into your stack — they're AI-feedable, so you can paste them into Claude / Cursor / ChatGPT as a system prompt.

SKILL.md — the websites-with-AI methodology

SKILL.md

The full course methodology as a Claude system prompt — plan first, then design, then wire.

WordPress Escape Checklist

Checklist

What to keep, what to ditch, the migration timeline — leave WP without losing your SEO.

'Why Not X' decision matrix

Matrix

Every AI builder + WordPress, side-by-side with failure modes and exit costs.

'What Revolves Around the User' planning template

Template

The data-modeling exercise as a fillable doc — your user + everything attached to them.

Site planning bundle

Template

Vision doc + sitemap + db-map + field-decisions templates — modeled on Allen's real-world software methodology.

QA polish-pass checklist

Checklist

The page-by-page audit you run before launch — forms wired, dashboards correct, search working.

Next.js + Tailwind + Vercel + Supabase starter prompt

Prompt

Paste into Claude Code — ship a brand + home page in 30 minutes.

Meet your instructor

Allen Seavert — in residence

Founder · SetupBots · Phoenix, AZ

13+ years building. Shipped marketplaces, CRMs, lead engines, and content pipelines for clients from solo founders to 8-figure companies. Built a production experiences marketplace from scratch — scraped 13,706 leads with AI, wired a seat-race booking system, and automated cold email at scale. Now teaching the methodology.

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69Code resources

5Agent tools supported

Reviews

4.9 average across 64 verified reviews

Quality of content97%

Worth the price94%

Practical, not theoretical96%

Easy to follow91%

M.K.

Solo dev → 4-person agency

★★★★★

"Paid for itself the first month. The way Allen breaks down the workflow is the clearest I've seen."

Jess R.

Marketing lead at a 7-figure SaaS

★★★★★

"Replaced a $1,200/mo tool stack with a single workflow from this course. ROI was immediate."

Trent B.

E-commerce founder

★★★★★

"End-to-end, production-grade, not a sandbox demo. Worth 10x what I paid."

Priya N.

Operations director

★★★★★

"We automated 30 hours/week of manual labor within 6 weeks of finishing the course."

Frequently asked questions

No. This course is built for non-developers. Foundations like Claude Code, Supabase, Vercel, and GitHub are taught from zero. By the end you'll be shipping real apps without writing code yourself.

Lifetime access. You get every future update to the course as the tools evolve. No expiring subscriptions.

30-day no-questions-asked refund. If the course doesn't deliver on what we promised, we refund and we want to know why so we can improve.

Yes — completion certificates are issued automatically when you finish all course modules. They're shareable on LinkedIn.

Yes. Many operators buy a course first then book a consulting engagement to apply it to their specific business. Email growth@setupbots.com for details.

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