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Creating A Website For Dummies – The Ultimate Guide

Are you finding ways to create a website of yours? I can help you!

You will be able to create a beautiful and fully-functional website after reading this post. GUARANTEED!

Whether you are creating a niche website, website for your local business or client, you can easily accomplish it today with the help of some awesome tools, FOR FREE! What's more exciting is that the systems and platforms today can help you create a very PROFESSIONAL website even if you are a beginner who knows very little about website building. Isn't that great?

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The Need For A Content Management System (CMS) - WordPress!

Content Management System (CMS) is a computer application that supports the creation and modification of digital contents using simple interface. In other words, it allows you to build and edit your website without the need to understand coding.

In the past, people who want to create a website need to learn computer languages first which is very complicated and troublesome. Today, everyone can create a website using CMS and edit the website via an user-friendly interface which is easily understandable.

There are a lot of CMS in the market, such as Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, etc... But WordPress stands out from the rest. You may have heard of it before. It is one of the most commonly used CMS in the market. Below are 4 main reasons why it is the best:

It is Easy to install & set-up
No HTML, no code or any computer language is required to use
Thousands of Website Templates, aka "Themes"
Over 40k add-on features, aka "Plugins"

Because it is the most widely used CMS, it has very high adaptability. There are many themes and plugins coming out everyday as well. So it is the CMS that can really support your website for any purposes, be it business, personal, blogs, e-commerce, so on and so forth. Whatever your need is, they have it.

So definitely, the website you will be building at the end of this post is using WordPress!

By the way, this website you are reading right now was also built using WordPress.

What About Hosting?

Website Hosting Service is a way for individuals and organizations to make their website accessible via the World Wide Web. The server is like your website's home. Basically, without hosting, your website is nothing because it can't be seen at all. Every single website you are seeing online has their own hosting.

The common ones you may have heard of are services like GoDaddy, HostGator, iPage, etc. There are lots of them out their but most of them are not good. Some brag about how cheap and good they are but come at the expense of your website's speed, which is a critical aspect of your website!

The hosting service I recommend to you is SiteRubix. It is very different from all other services because it is powered by Wealthy Affiliate, the best online community for online business. Apart from the technical hosting, they offer you with training, supports and tools to help you create a truly valuable online asset and build a legit online business.

And YES, this website you are seeing is also hosted at SiteRubix and guided by Wealthy Affiliate :)

relationship between websites, hosting and CMS

A website needs 2 essential things - Server & CMS. The website is being hosted at the server and it adopts the CMS to build it. This is the simple explanation to let you understand their relationship.

After understanding CMS and website hosting, it's time to learn the actual steps...

30 Seconds Website Creation Walkthrough

Here's a video that walks you through the process of creating a brand new website in less than 30 seconds.

WATCH VIDEO: Create a website in under 30 seconds

Now, it's time for you to create your website. I want to help you. But eventually, you are the one taking actions.

Start Creating Your Website - 3 Steps

Step 1: Choose your domain name (The URL you want your website to have)
Step 2: Create Account at SiteRubix.com
Step 3: You get access to 2 Free Websites & the entire training platform!

For beginners, creating a website is not enough. You will need guidance and training so that your website can succeed. Fortunately at SiteRubix, they've gotten your back once you create an account.

4 Crucial Aspects of a Successful Website

How do you make your website stands out from the rest? This is the determining factor of your success in online business. Here are the 4 aspects that you should pay close attention to when you are developing your website down the road. These differentiate a quality website from the normal ones.

The Speed and loading time of your website
The Design of your website
Navigation - How easy it is to navigate around your website
Your Contents - How helpful and valuable they are!

There are definitely more in the list but these four are the most important ones. I will touch on them in detail in the future posts.

Need Help with Your Website?

If you have any questions regarding website creation, don't hesitate to raise them up. It's best to leave them in the comments below. I am very happy to help you out. Keeping the doubts with you is not going to benefit your business in any way 🙂

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Jerry Huang

Jerry is a young aspiring Internet Entrepreneur who started his online business at the age of 18. He is currently a Full-time Affiliate Marketer at Wealthy Affiliate, a community to help anyone start their own online business without prior experience. He actually achieved Financial Independence at the young age of 21. Read more about his story here!

Click Here to Leave a Comment Below 7 comments

Stephanie - August 26, 2018

Thanks for the step by step simple process to building a personal website Jerry. But unfortunately, I got an error message from SiteRubix saying my country (Nigeria) isn’t supported.

I’ll appreciate if you can recommend something that’ll work in my region, thank you!

Ralph - March 18, 2017

Wow, I didn’t know that creating a website was this easy. I mean Im sure there’s more to it, but getting started doesn’t require you to be some tech genius. You have a lot of great information for someone that is interested in building their own website and as someone that is looking to start an online business, I could definitely use some of this information. Thanks!

Jerry Huang - March 18, 2017

Hey Ralph,

Yea, it is much much easier to create a website and start blogging within a few minutes than in the past.

Thanks for reading and glad that you like it:)

Norman - November 22, 2016

It is so amazing how easy it is to build a website. Back in the day you would have to hire somebody but now thanks to article like yours it is easy without having to break your piggy bank. Thanks for sharing. I am sure that your readers will learn a lot from this article. It is ver detailed and easy to follow.

Jerry Huang - November 22, 2016

Hi Norman,

Definitely, the positive change in this field is a blessing and helping others to do this is my honor.

Thanks for your compliment. All the best to you:)

Chris - November 15, 2016

I tried my hand at building a website using the Yola platform a few years back but I had terrible trouble attracting visitors – could this be down to the fact it was on a sub domain?
This Site Rubix option seems like a fresh and new way to build a blog – is there coding involved or is it a modular builder? Are there tutorials that help you through the process?

Jerry Huang - November 15, 2016

Sub domain can be a small reason but it’s not the main. The main reason should be your marketing skill because what is the most important to a website is the content and design, followed by how you promote your website and your content. You can find relevant info and training in Wealthy Affiliate for all these.

Siterubix does not require you to code. It will build a website automatically for you. You will be editing it using the WordPress CMS which is also “code-free”. And don’t worry! You will be guided through all these after you signed up act SiteRubix 🙂 All the best!