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JohnnyB · 04-30-2011, 04:48 AM

I just finished building my first site hosted on my own domain. I used Bluehost as the hosting company to register the domain name and then used their simple scripts to install the Concrete 5 CMS. There is a simple script for Joomla too, which is a more commonly used and sophisticated CMS, but Concrete 5 is more user friendly.

Speaking as someone who did this for the first time, it's not a really difficult thing to do. Once you've got your domain hosted and use a simple script to set up your CMS then you just need to choose a template for the website and start plugging your content in.

EDIT: Here is a link to the website I built. It's not extremely sophisticated or anything, but I just used a free template for it. The process of building the site is very quick once you've got your content ready, and there are a lot more really nice looking templates that you can find with either Concrete 5 or Joomla if you're willing to drop a few bucks.

04-30-2011, 04:48 AM	#2
JohnnyB Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Shanghai Exp:	I just finished building my first site hosted on my own domain. I used Bluehost as the hosting company to register the domain name and then used their simple scripts to install the Concrete 5 CMS. There is a simple script for Joomla too, which is a more commonly used and sophisticated CMS, but Concrete 5 is more user friendly. Speaking as someone who did this for the first time, it's not a really difficult thing to do. Once you've got your domain hosted and use a simple script to set up your CMS then you just need to choose a template for the website and start plugging your content in. EDIT: Here is a link to the website I built. It's not extremely sophisticated or anything, but I just used a free template for it. The process of building the site is very quick once you've got your content ready, and there are a lot more really nice looking templates that you can find with either Concrete 5 or Joomla if you're willing to drop a few bucks. __________________ "If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?" Last edited by JohnnyB; 04-30-2011 at 04:53 AM.