How to Make a Website in 2023

Step 1: Buy a Web Hosting and Register a Domain Name

You will be needed a domain name and web hosting to run a website.

A Domain name is the physical name (URL) of a website people type into a browser’s address bar to visit the particular website.

Whereas, Web Hosting is a place (server) where all the files and data (the content of your site) of a website are stored.

Be cautious, there are several bad hosting companies out there that own the server and have significant drawbacks. The most common problems are:

• Downtime
• Slow site
• Security issue
• Hidden charges
• Worst customer support

That is why you should always choose the best and most reliable hosting company for creating a website.

The host I am using to run this website is Fastcomet it cost only $2.95 and I recommend you to go for it.

Why Fastcomet?

1. I have used several host providers and found that Fastcomet is one of the best hosting companies to host a website.

2. It provides SSD ( solid-state drives ) space instead of HDD, up to 300% faster than traditional HDDs ( Hard Disk Drive ).

Check the speed of my website it takes less than 1 second to load.

3. They offer CDN, website transfer, daily/weekly backups, Rocket Booster, Varnish, SSL certificates, and other services for free.

4. They have 11 different data centres across the world:

• Chicago, US-North
• Dallas, US Central
• Newark, NJ-US
• London, UK Europe
• Frankfurt, Germany Europe
• Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
• Singapore, Asia-Pacific
• Tokyo, Japan, Asia
• Toronto, Canada
• Mumbai, India
• Sydney, Australia

5. They have a one-click WordPress installation – perfect for beginners (even for webmasters).

6. Superior customer support – 24/7 live chat/ phone support.

7. The best part, is you will get a domain name at the best price and host at only $2.95/ month.

8. 45 days money-back guarantee – no need to worry.

Of course, you are not bound to go with Fastcomet. You are free to choose any suitable and reliable host provider for your WordPress website.

In this guide, I’ll use Fastcomet to build a website (simple, easy and very cost-effective).

So, without further ado, let’s get started…!!

First thing first, Open the Fastcomet website in a new window and follow me.

On the home page, you need to click on the “start now” button.

Upon clicking you will be scrolled to the hosting plan column. There you will get three options:

• FastCloud
• FastCloud Plus
• FastCloud extra

I suggest getting started with the “FastCloud”.

When you will start getting millions of visitors to your website or planning to launch more than 1 website then switch to the higher plan (You can downgrade or upgrade it anytime).

On the next page, you will get an option to enter a new domain name.

If you have already purchased a domain name then click on “I already have a domain name“. and move forward to the next step.

Lastly, you will have to provide the account information ( to make a hosting account with Fastcomet ).

Fill in all the details then move to the next section.

In the “Product Information” section choose the hosting plan, data centre near to your location and for how long you want to register your website.

The higher you choose the better price you get.

To get the best value, I recommend you go with 12 months.

Uncheck all the add-on options, you don’t need them.

Scroll down and make the payment.

If you want to pay with PayPal, click on “Paypal” or else pay with “Credit Card“.

Once completed, you will receive a confirmation email with login details of the cPanel of your hosting account, a place from where you will manage your account settings and install WordPress.

Step 2: Set Up Your WordPress Website

After getting your domain and hosting, now it’s time to install WordPress on the server.

Installing WordPress

So far so good.

As I previously stated, almost every reputable and well-established hosting provider offers one-click WordPress installation.

Since we have signed up with Fastcomet hosting company, we will get a one-click WordPress installation.

To do so:

1. Log in to your Fastcomet hosting account.

2. Go to the control panel (cPanel).

3. Look for the “Softaculous Apps Installer” section and click on the “WordPress icon” followed by the “install” button.

4. Next, you will be asked to choose the domain name under which you would like to have your WordPress installed.

P.S: Be advised that you do not need to create a separate database for your script before installing it via Softaculous.

The auto-installer will create a new database and user for you during the setup process.

5. Next, enter your website’s name and description. Then, create a username and password that will be used to log into your WordPress site’s backend.

Tick all the checkboxes and hit the install button.

WordPress installation will begin and it will take a couple of minutes.

“P.S: If you find any difficulties then ask customer support to install WordPress on your behalf. They will happily do it for you.”

No need to do anything here, wait until the installation is finished. Upon completion, you will get a success notification.

Now Test Your Website

The easiest way to test your website is by typing your domain name into the web browser.

With WordPress correctly installed, the thing you’ll see is a very basic website like this:

If this doesn’t look too attractive, don’t worry, you’ll soon learn how to change the design to something more appealing.

Step 3: Customize Your Website Design

Log in to the admin panel of your WordPress website to customize your site as per your requirement.

1. To log in, go to – https://yoursitename.com/wp-admin ( Replace yoursitename.com with your actual domain name ).

2. Enter the username and password you previously entered while installing the WordPress

After logging in you will be redirected to the WordPress dashboard, which looks like the below screen.

The dashboard might confuse you and you may feel a bit overwhelmed but don’t worry, I will walk you through every step.

Just follow me.

Choose The Perfect Theme For Your Website

To do so, head to the sidebar of the dashboard, hover the cursor on “Appearance” and from the drop-down click on “Themes” followed by “Add new“.

You will get access to over 2000 free themes. Browse it to find your desired one.

Use filters or search with specific keywords to find the theme that suits your website.

Things To Be Consider While Choosing a Theme

1. Simplicity: It will be great if you choose simple themes.

These themes would be easy to navigate. Better to avoid fancy and bulky themes.

2. Responsive design: A significant number of web traffic is generated from smarts phones and tablets.

Make sure the theme you are choosing is mobile friendly.

3. SEO Friendly: Always go with SEO optimized theme because it plays a crucial role in the overall SEO ranking factor.

4. Light-weighted: Light theme helps the website to load fast. A site that loads under 2 seconds ranks better in the search result.

The theme I use is Astra – It has all the quality and is the fastest-growing theme of all time.

I have assumed that you have installed the Astra theme.

Moving forward, Once you find your desired theme, just click on “Install” followed by the “Activate” button.

To check the preview of your website, hover your mouse to the top left corner of your WordPress dashboard where you see your site name.

From the drop-down, you will get an option to visit the site, click the right button of the mouse and open it in a new tab or window to view your site.

Add New Pages To Your Website

It’s very easy to add new pages to your WordPress website.

Pages are the essence of your website. It’s hard to imagine a website without any pages on it, right?

To add new pages

First of all, go to the sidebar of your WordPress dashboard and click on the “Pages” option followed by “Add New”.

Once you click on “Add new” a text editor will open which looks very similar to Microsoft Word, where you can add titles, text, images, tables, charts and much more.

Ok, let’s break down ( 1-3 ) for better understanding.

1. Title Area: Write the title of your page. Make sure you are adding the main keyword in the title.

2. Content Area: Here you can write the content of your page. You can also insert images and videos into your content. Just click on the “Add Media button” to insert them.

3. Additional tools: In this section, you will find so many options. Here you can add featured images, adjust page layout, and publish or preview the page.

If you want to add new page elements – click on the “+” icon that’s in the top left corner of the editor interface.

Any block you select there will be added at the bottom of your page.

You can edit it freely, and change the properties of the text, plus there are colour settings in the right sidebar. Do whatever you want.

As always, remember to click on “Publish” when you’re done.

However, if you want to make your website more attractive with animation and eye-catching designs you can install the Elementor page builder.

Add Menus To WordPress

Menus are the most important layout of any website. It helps your visitor to navigate your site and its content smoothly.

There is no point in creating a website if your visitor will not be able to find the content of your site easily.

So, be careful while creating it because bad menus can lead your visitors to leave your website immediately.

How To Add Pages To The Menu?

To add a newly created page to the menu ( navigation bar ) follow the below steps.

1) On the sidebar of the dashboard click on “Appearance” and select “Menu”.

2) Locate the page you have created and add it to the list by clicking the checkbox next to it and then hit on the “Add to menu” button.

For reference check the below screenshot.

How To Add a Blog To Your Website?

WordPress is so rich that you can make a blog section on your website within a few minutes.

First of all, create a new page and name it a “Blog”, leave the text box blank and click on the Publish button.

You have a blank page that redirects to https://yourdomain.com/blog.

Next, you need to assign the page you just created as your Blog page.

For that, go to Settings and click on Reading. From the Post Page drop-down list, choose the blog page you just created and save the changes.

Once done, add it to the menu.

In the same way, we added the page in the previous step.

After that start writing your blog post. And to create a blog, click on “Post” in the admin panel followed by “Add new”.

A text editor will open where you can add Post titles, text, images, lists, videos, alignment, and hyperlinks.

Once you finish writing your blog post, add it to the category you have created.

Congratulations! You have successfully created your website. Now it’s time for some basic setup.

WordPress Basic Setup

How To Update The Website Title and Tagline?

This is a very common question that comes to mind.

Can I change my website name ( Title ) and its tagline?

Trust me guys, it is very simple and you can change your website title and tagline any time.

To do so, go to “Settings” and select “General”, where you will see an option to update or change your website title and tagline.

Once you have made the changes, click on the “Save Changes” button.

How To Disable Comments For Posts and Pages?

To disable the comment feature on your website follow the below steps.

1) In-text editor at the top right corner, you will see a dropdown “Screen Option”. Once you click on this, a few options will appear.

2) Enable the “Discussion” checkbox, and then the comment section will appear in the sidebar of the text editor, from there you can enable or disable comment on that specific post.”

In this way, on that particular post/ page no one will be able to comment.

3) To disable comments on every new page or post by default, go to the admin panel “Settings >> Discussion” and uncheck “Allow people to post comments on the new article”.

How To Edit The Sidebar?

Almost every WordPress themes have a sidebar on the right side, however, in some cases, it will be on the left side.

To customize the sidebar (technically known as a “widget”) follow the below steps:

1) Go to the sidebar of the admin panel and click on “Appearance” followed by “Widgets”.

2) From there you can drag and drop available widgets to the different boxes of your sidebar, you can also completely remove the item you don’t want.

How To Set Up a Static Front Page?

1) Go to “Settings” followed by “Reading”

2) Choose the static page you want to display as the home page under the “HomePage” option.

How To Install a Plugin on WordPress?

A plugin gives additional features to WordPress themes to expand or increase their capability which doesn’t come built-in.

Just like installing themes, plugins are also very simple to install.

• Go to the sidebar of the dashboard.
• Click on “Plugins” followed by “Add new” and start searching for the plugins you need.
• Once you find the plugin of your choice, click on install and it will be ready to use.

However, before installing any plugins, I would suggest you read this article carefully.

Things you must know before installing WordPress plugins.

That’s all you will be needed to start a website.

Quick steps: How to make a website

• Go to Fastcomet and setup your CMS
• Choose the best suitable theme like Astra
• Add Pages and Post ( if you have a blog section )

Congratulations !! You have created your WordPress website on your own. Cheers…!!

If this guide was helpful to you, do support me by sharing it. If you need any assistance or help comment below I will definitely help you with that.

Why is WordPress so Popular?

1. WordPress is free and easy to install: WordPress is free software. It means you are free to download, install, use and modify it to match your needs.

Almost every good host provider has a one-click installation option. You don’t need any coding experience for it. The installation will be done with a simple click.

2. Themes and plugins: Not only WordPress is free, But you will also get so many different options of themes and plugins which can be used as per the website requirement.

Whether you want to make an e-commerce website, a blog or a social networking site, you will get all kinds of themes absolutely free. With Plugins, you can enhance the functionality of your website.

3. WordPress is SEO Friendly: WordPress is very SEO friendly. It is written using standard compliance high-quality code and produces semantic markup.

This is why WordPress sites tend to rank higher than others in search engines.

4. Responsive layout: What does it mean for a site to be responsive?

A responsive site adjusts its layout according to the devices ( like mobile phones or tablets ) we use, no need to hire a web developer for that.

Of course, there are other CMS platforms you can choose

1. Drupal is the second largest CMS platform after WordPress – having its own plugins, utilized by big corporations with a vast website and high traffic loads.

But if you are new to web development then it will be a bad choice.

Because it is designed for complex website development with high traffic loads and has a very steep learning curve.

2. Joomla is somehow similar to WordPress but you will be needed a little bit of technical knowledge to make it work the way you want.

It is easier to handle as compared to Drupal but not better than WordPress for beginners.

So, if you are a beginner, I strongly recommend sticking with WordPress.

Frequently Asked Questions On Starting a Website