When creating a website, we ask ourselves, "Where do I start?"
If you have knowledge of Dreamweaver, Expression Web, or Xara, etc., you can design your site quickly and easily in HTML or PHP if you have programming knowledge.
If you want to make a portal, I recommend using a CMS (Content Management System). These scripts will make your life easier by creating your website as you need it, each with different features. Some examples are:
Among the most popular CMS, I can mention:
- Xoops
- Joomla
- e107
- PHP-Fusion
- PHP-Nuke
- Drupal
- Made Simple
- Mambo
- Jupiter
- Backdrop
- WordPress
- etc.
This small list shows the most popular and highest-rated CMS in global surveys. All of them are very good depending on the user's needs, whether it's a forum, images, news, articles, etc. We can choose from many, each with its own installation and security instructions.
How do I get started?
The first thing you should do is buy a domain, for example, myname.com. You can get it from any domain registration company such as Namecheap, Godaddy, name.com, etc. It will cost you between 2 and 15 dollars depending on the domain extension. If you want .com, .net, .org, .vip, they have different prices.
Then, buy hosting, which is where your site will be hosted. You need to link the domain to the hosting you purchased and then install the CMS of your choice.
Not everything is perfect; there will always be some that are more difficult to install and use, but over time, they become easier. You'll also find users who speak poorly of one and well of another. Don't be guided by comments—try the CMS yourself and decide which one works best for you. If we followed the comments, we wouldn't use any of them...
