Using Drupal
This site shows how an IT-literate person, who is not a web-professional, can set up a straightforward website - cheaply and easily.
It's been built using Drupal, a free open-source content management system.
Apart from paying a small sum to register the domain name (inkpotamus.com) and for website hosting, I don't intend to pay for anything else.
I will add and refine this section as I go along.