# Recommendations for Project Template for an Author's Web Site **URL:** \ **Category:** RapidWeaver Elements\ **Created:** [November 9, 2026, 6:09am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/recommendations-for-project-template-for-an-authors-web-site/58090 "2026-11-09T06:09:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![D.Stempnakowski](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/d.stempnakowski/32/34746_2.png) [@D.Stempnakowski](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/D.Stempnakowski)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2026, 6:09am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/recommendations-for-project-template-for-an-authors-web-site/58090/1 "2026-11-09T06:09:38Z")
I was wondering if someone could suggest a Project Template for an author’s website. Ideally, it would have a main page with news, a blog, and information about published books, etc. ---
**Author:** ![WeaverPixel](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/weaverpixel/32/25453_2.png) [@WeaverPixel](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/WeaverPixel)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2026, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/recommendations-for-project-template-for-an-authors-web-site/58090/2 "2026-11-09T09:52:14Z")
Hi @D.Stempnakowski You may want to take a look at the [Studio](https://store.elementsapp.io/projects/studio) project. It’s presented as an art gallery, but by swapping the images and texts it works just as well as an author’s website. News, blog, shop, info pages and much more are all included. It’s also AI-ready, so you can ask your AI of choice to extend it, and it will stay consistent with the existing layout. In the end, it’s a matter of taste. Hope you like it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![D.Stempnakowski](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/d.stempnakowski/32/34746_2.png) [@D.Stempnakowski](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/D.Stempnakowski)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/recommendations-for-project-template-for-an-authors-web-site/58090/3 "2026-11-09T13:44:35Z")
I actually purchased that a few months ago and have been trying to make it work. I have some odd issues with it, and I can’t seem to locate the problem. I have difficulty finding what is being manipulated in the Elements Inspector. It took me a while searching in the manual for how to modify the menu in Studio because I was missing selecting the modal and then switching it to visible. Right now I have a like/hate relationship with Elements. To be fair, I haven’t sat down and read everything on how to use this program, so a lot is on me, but I didn’t do that with Dreamweaver or RapidWeaver, and I picked both up fairly quickly. Right now, I have some odd window popping up when I select a link, then going away, and I can’t find the trigger for it. ---
**Author:** ![thominator](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/thominator/32/35233_2.png) [@thominator](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/thominator)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/recommendations-for-project-template-for-an-authors-web-site/58090/4 "2026-11-09T14:19:50Z")
> [@D.Stempnakowski](#): > > I was wondering if someone could suggest a Project Template for an author’s website. Ideally, it would have a main page with news, a blog, and information about published books, etc. Need more information. So are news and blog the same thing or different? Do you use header images on all news/blog posts? How many books are we talking about? What other pages would you need? You say all that stuff goes on the main page, but that seems to imply other pages. ---
**Author:** ![D.Stempnakowski](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/d.stempnakowski/32/34746_2.png) [@D.Stempnakowski](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/D.Stempnakowski)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2026, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/recommendations-for-project-template-for-an-authors-web-site/58090/5 "2026-11-09T14:57:17Z")
News and blog would be different. In the past, I have used header images on all news and blog posts. Planned in the series right now are three books. First in production, the other two being drafted. For the past few months I have been trying to get Studio to work, but trying to learn Elements and figure out how the Projects are built, plus working a regular job have been a bit busy. As an aside and purely for info regarding technical skills, I am a retired IT professional and UNIX Systems Administrator who started coding websites back in 1994 with Vi and later (1995’ish I think) BBEdit on a PowerMac 7100/80. ---
**Author:** ![thominator](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/thominator/32/35233_2.png) [@thominator](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/thominator)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/recommendations-for-project-template-for-an-authors-web-site/58090/6 "2026-11-09T15:20:43Z")
Ok, here’s my recommendation: 1. Get a Claude Pro account for the time being (US$17/month). 2. Hook Claude up to Elements via MCP. 3. Type the following into a Claude chat once #2 is done: In Elements, create a new empty project. In that project every page will have a common menu (perhaps banner?) at the top and a common footer at the bottom, with an empty container in between to put page content in. We’ll start with four pages: Home, News, Blog, Books. The News and Blog pages should use the CMS feature in Elements, and you should pick Components for those from the Elements Essentials (blog and CMS) collection. Populate both News and Blog with two sample articles each. On the Books page, create a card for each of three books in the content area. Use dummy image and copy for this for the time being. On the home page we need three things: a list of most recent news, a list of most recent blog posts, and an invitation card to the books page. * * * Claude will likely ask you questions as it tries to do this. Answer them as best you can. Once Claude is done, you should have a four page site with two active CMS collections (news and blog). 1. Play with what was created and note everything you want changed. 2. Ask Claude to make one change at a time (on a full site, some changes can interact, so you want to step through each change and make sure it didn’t disrupt something else). 3. Replace the dummy copy in the news, blog, and books content. ---
**Author:** ![WeaverPixel](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/weaverpixel/32/25453_2.png) [@WeaverPixel](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/WeaverPixel)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2026, 4:16pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/recommendations-for-project-template-for-an-authors-web-site/58090/7 "2026-11-09T16:16:00Z")
> [@D.Stempnakowski](#): > > For the past few months I have been trying to get Studio to work, but trying to learn Elements and figure out how the Projects are built, plus working a regular job have been a bit busy. Hey @D.Stempnakowski, learning Elements and figuring out how a developer built a template at the same time can be a bit tricky. But no worries, I’m always happy to help when my customers get stuck. One option is what @thominator suggested: connect Elements to Claude (or another AI) via MCP, then download the latest version of Studio, which fully supports AI page generation. Open a new Studio project and ask Claude to set up new pages or change photos, menus and texts. Everything the AI generates follows the design system built into Studio. If you’d rather not go the AI route, just send me an email or a PM whenever you like, and we’ll work through your issues step by step. ---
**Author:** ![D.Stempnakowski](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/d.stempnakowski/32/34746_2.png) [@D.Stempnakowski](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/D.Stempnakowski)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/recommendations-for-project-template-for-an-authors-web-site/58090/8 "2026-11-09T17:20:07Z")
I have a paid ChatGPT subscription, so I connected it. I will try it as soon as I can.