First time with CMS. Please help
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I am a freelance web designer of 2 years, and I am trying create websites for clients using a cms, so that I won't have to update them myself anymore. I have downloaded the concrete5 files, but I don't know what to do from that point. Like I downloaded the files to my desktop, but what now? Do I run some sort of wizard? Do I upload it to my hosting provider (godaddy, bluehost, etc.?)
I don't want to mess around with something I'm not sure about. I need help getting started.
Thank you.
I don't want to mess around with something I'm not sure about. I need help getting started.
Thank you.
yes, via ftp, upload the entire unzipped package to the directory you would like it in. First be sure you have your database set up through your hosting control panel, and that you enter the proper settings into config/site.php. Navigate to your site !!
note: I know you are able to one click install concrete5 with bluehost using the mojo marketplace. It seems to work fine, but I would still recommend installing it manually !!
Concrete5, as most CMSes, will run only through a web server -- such as Apache or IIS. C5 requires a LAMP stack (or a Windows variant). Many web hosts have this as an automatic install. Choose the appropriate directory (most hosts allow multiple sites) and install.
CMSes are both easy and hard. On the one hand, they take care of a lot of the tedious detail that you're used to handling. On the other hand, each has their own personality and own way of doing things.
I'd install C5 with the sample app. That gives you the bones of an application to work with, modify, etc. The in-context editing capability is very powerful and provides a lot of flexibility. The more you can do there, the less you need to do in back-end programming.
Here is a link to some "Getting Started" topics. Remo Laubacher has written an excellent book "Beginning Concrete5" which pulls a wide variety of documentation together in an effective intermediate presentation of the environment. Site documentation and forums are also of essential value. Here's a link to some "getting started" docs:http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/getting-started/...
All the best!
CMSes are both easy and hard. On the one hand, they take care of a lot of the tedious detail that you're used to handling. On the other hand, each has their own personality and own way of doing things.
I'd install C5 with the sample app. That gives you the bones of an application to work with, modify, etc. The in-context editing capability is very powerful and provides a lot of flexibility. The more you can do there, the less you need to do in back-end programming.
Here is a link to some "Getting Started" topics. Remo Laubacher has written an excellent book "Beginning Concrete5" which pulls a wide variety of documentation together in an effective intermediate presentation of the environment. Site documentation and forums are also of essential value. Here's a link to some "getting started" docs:http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/getting-started/...
All the best!
If you are aware about Bluehost, the just go to bluehost Cpanel and search about "Simple Scripts". It will allow you to simply install a Concrete5 site without uploading or setting up anything. If you still not confident, then ask your hosting provider to do that.
Rony
Rony
Thank you all so much for the responses! I think I have what I need to get started. My hosting is with Godaddy. Hopefully I can make sense of it when I upload the zip.
you may want to take a look around in the forums regarding godaddy at the moment. There have many issues of late, in terms of people losing access to their sites, etc. You may want to consider a different host unless you're already with godaddy and want to give it a try... Just an FYI :)
