如果您想从零开始创建一个网站，但预算有限且完全没有任何技术背景，那么这篇简短指南正是为您准备的。
本文专为完全的新手设计，旨在帮助那些只想建个网站而不想面对各种繁琐技术细节的人。因此，无论您是想要一个展示给客户的办公室网站的初创企业主，还是想在网上撰写餐厅点评的美食爱好者，亦或是只需要一个网站的 DIY 达人，都请继续阅读！我会尽量避开技术术语，让一切保持尽可能简单。
让我们先列举一下完成后我们将获得什么。在本文结束时，您将拥有：
- Your own website that people can visit at http://supermegaawesomewebsite.com,
- Optionally have your own email address at [email protected],
- A certain zen-like state of mind.
您需要准备什么
好了，在开始具体步骤之前，我们需要以下准备：
- 对您的网站将要做成什么样有个想法，
- 一张信用卡或拥有 100 美元额度的 PayPal 账户，以及
- 一瓶苏打水或一杯水以防口渴，保持水分总是好的。
什么是网站？
在动手之前，首先了解我们究竟在创建什么非常重要。是的，我们要创建您自己的网站，但它到底是什么呢？
In a nutshell, a website is a bunch of files in a special computer, and this special computer can be accessed by using a special web address on your web browser. After accessing the web server, it’s going to crunch those files together and in the end we would be able to see a pretty looking web page.
Sorta techy terms:
- bunch of files = web pages
- special computer = web server
- special web address = domain name or URL
上一段中的粗体字就是我们需要获取的内容。幸运的是，有一个地方可以让我们一次性备齐所有这些。
在网络上占据一席之地
我建议选择 GoDaddy 的托管 WordPress 主机 – 基础计划。该计划提供了我们立即建站所需的一切，省去了绝大部分麻烦。最棒的是，我们完全不需要操心搭建过程中的技术细节。
如果您想知道什么是“托管 WordPress 主机”计划，我来为您分解一下：
- Managed – GoDaddy will be the ones who’ll make sure that everything runs smoothly, updated, fast and without any problems. And if you need any help, you can ask their customer support.
- WordPress – This the content management platform that will be used. It’s what you’ll use to publish your content online. It’s awesome. If you want to know more about WordPress, WP101 has a great intro video on What WordPress Is
- Hosting – Everything will be placed in GoDaddy’s servers, so everything can be accessed quickly and with almost no down time.
When getting the plan from GoDaddy, they also provide you with a domain name for free. This is awesome since now we don’t have to do anything aside from signing up in order to get the full package!
作为额外福利，购买他们的基础计划还可以获得电子邮件地址。第一年免费，因此如果您打算使用电子邮件与客户及其他人交流，这绝对是不二之选。
点击下方链接查看他们计划的更多详情（声明一下，他们没有付钱让我推荐）：
填写所有详细信息，找到您想要的域名（您不必使用 supermegaawesomewebsite.com），然后继续结账付款。
I recommend that you sign up for at least one year so that you can avail of their discounts. You can also scour the web to check if there are any promos available.
Web Server Cost: $12.18 – $59.88 for 1 year (the key here is to find a promo) Email Cost: $0 for 1 year Domain Name Cost: $0 for 1 year
Total Cost so far: $12.18 – $59.88
恭喜，您现在拥有了一个 WordPress 网站！
获取 GoDaddy 主机后，您的网站现在应该已经可以完全正常运行了。您可以开始在浏览器中访问您的域名 http://supermegaawesomewebsite.com 查看您的网站。
对网站的初印象可能是它看起来……空荡荡的……但这很正常。别担心，让我们来把它充实起来！
访问您的网站
Since you’ve signed up with GoDaddy, they’ll give you a URL where you can access the administration side of your website. If you can’t find it, you can add a /wp-admin at the end of your URL. e.g. http://supermegaawesomewebsite.com/wp-admin and log in from there. Once logged in, you’ll end up in your WordPress Dashboard.
GoDaddy 拥有自己的“快速设置”系统，以帮助初学者自定义其网站。如果您不熟悉 WordPress 的运作方式，我建议走一遍这个设置流程。
学习 WordPress
现在是熟悉 WordPress 的时候了。正如我之前提到的，WordPress 是您现在用于发布内容的平台。换句话说：您登录到您的网站，创建页面和博客文章，然后只需点击发布按钮即可。
接下来的步骤就是学习如何使用 WordPress。如果您以前从未使用过 WordPress，初次看到仪表盘时可能会觉得信息量过大。我建议您按照自己的节奏探索不同的区域。
If you need guidance, there are a lot of tutorials on how to use WordPress online too. One of them is WP101. WP101 makes things super easy by providing lots of tutorials in video format, and they have a huge library of videos that will teach you all the ins and outs of WordPress.
They have a few free videos in their site. For example, you can watch WP101’s video tutorial about the WordPress Dashboard.
Video Tutorials Cost: $15 per month (if you can obsess over all their videos within the first month, then you’re golden)
Total Cost so far: $27.18 – $74.88
让您的网站更美观
The next step is to change the design of your site to make it match your personality and/or needs. You’ll need themes for that. In short, themes are like “skins” for your WordPress site.
There are a ton of free and paid themes out there. If you want free themes, then there’s no doubt that the WordPress.org theme directory is your number one option.
Since there are a lot out there though, it’s sometimes hard to find the perfect one for you. Theme Friendly’s Find Themes helps by providing reviews for themes and gives them a score based on their review. They have a number of themes in their site, and probably the best thing there is that you can click on filters while browsing themes, so you can view only themes fit for portfolios, businesses or blogs, and many more.
There are also paid themes, but for starters I would recommend the free ones first. If you decide to take the premium route check out Premium WordPress’ list of theme shops.
If you’re wondering why I didn’t mention ThemeForest, it’s because there are a lot of themes there that add a lot of bloat (unnecessary features) to your site. So if you really want to find a theme from there, tread carefully.
Theme Cost: $0 – $70 one time (I’d recommend looking for promos in theme shops too)
Total Cost so far: $27.18 – $144.88
为您的网站添加更多功能
As you create your site and continue to add content to it, you might find yourself wanting to add more stuff like contact forms, maybe some icons, or a Google Map, or something else. For these kinds of stuff, you’ll need plugins.
As with themes, there are also a ton of free and paid options. And like themes, the number one choice for free plugins is the WordPress.org plugin directory. It’s a common saying within the WordPress community that if you need something in your site, “there’s a plugin for that.”
For premium plugins, you can also find premium ones in CodeCanyon.net. But I would recommend going through the thousands of free ones in the WordPress.org plugin directory first.
Plugin Cost: $0
Total Cost so far: $27.18 – $144.88
Conclusion
You might have noticed that the total cost indicator is a range instead of a solid number. It’s because there are various ways to push the cost down like watching out for promotions, and opting for free themes & plugins.
So if you play your cards right, you can actually have your own site from scratch (powered on for a full year), for only $27.18
Most likely the succeeding years won’t be as cheap as the first year, but if you have your site up and running for at least a year already, then I would like to think that it’s a success and the other future costs aren’t a problem anymore.
Hopefully you’ve learned a bunch from this article. And if you didn’t know about WordPress before and you’re now a proud WordPress user, consider joining the numerous WordPress communities online. Just search for a WordPress group in Facebook 
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Page Builder Sandwich 能让您无需了解任何代码，即可轻松设计全新网站中的页面。它的外观和操作类似于编辑文字处理文档，但它是用于网站的。有了它，您可以轻松添加轮播图、图标、按钮、图片背景等更多元素，让您的网站更加出彩。
You can try out the demo, or watch the video below. What’s cool is that we’re still below the $100 limit
Page Builder Sandwich Cost: $39 for 1 site
Total Cost so far: $86.18 – $203.88