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1 section • 12 lectures • 24m total length
- Course Introduction1:45This instructional course, titled "Concrete5 Installation and Setup on GaDaddy" is intended for individuals and small business owners who wish to easily create a professional web site from start to finish. This course contains detailed instructions for creating a site using the concrete5 content ma…
- Getting Started1:39The first thing you'll want to do is browse the concrete5 themes marketplace at http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/themes/ and bookmark a few that you like. Themes range in price from free to about $60, which is a huge bargain in terms of what you get. These are professionally designed themes th…
- Preparing Your Content2:06A key success factor in your experience of creating a small business website with concrete5 is your ability to prepare your content in advance. The actual work of getting the site up and running can be worked through in a single evening. If you do those activities before creating the content, you'…
- Concrete5 Performance on Go Daddy0:21There has been much discussion on the topic of C5 performance when running on Go Daddy shared hosting environments. Of two recent sites I've done and hosted on Go Daddy, one is fast and responsive and the other less so. Obviously there are many choices when choosing a hosting company, and if you hav…
- Purchasing Hosting at Go Daddy2:27Once you've got your content planned out and are ready to move forward, go ahead and register your domain and purchase hosting at Go Daddy. This process will take about an hour, working carefully and reading everything as you go along. This lecture will take you step-by-step through the entire pro…
- Setting Up Email0:24Most likely you'll want an email address to match your new domain, and if you purchased email address(s) you can get them setup easily in your particular email tool by using the information at http://help.godaddy.com/article/4715 or other information from the web (search godaddy email).
- Installing concrete58:44To get the site up and running, next we'll install concrete5. The basic process is to download the latest version to your PC or Mac, upload it to your hosting account, unpackage the files, do a little configuration, and setup the MySQL database. Downloading concrete5 And Uploading to your Hosting A…
- Setting Up the MySQL Database1:01In your Hosting Control Center, go to Databases, MySQL and click Create Database. For Description, enter something like "Concrete5 Database" and then for the MySQL Database/User Name choose whatever you'd like and enter the password in the following two boxes. WRITE THIS INFO DOWN and make sure yo…
- Running the concrete5 Setup Screen0:27You are now ready to navigate to your domain, and will be shown the initial concrete5 setup screen. You'll need to create an administrator account and specify the database username and password. Things of note during this screen: There is a checkbox to "Install Default Content". You should UNCHECK…
- Installing Your Theme0:17You now have a functioning installation of concrete5 and an empty site. Once logged in, goto Dashboard in the concrete5 menu, goto Themes on the left, and then goto the Marketplace to setup an account on concrete5.org. Purchase your theme and then activate it in concrete5. Your site should now lo…
- SEO Friendly URL's5:16There is one feature that's turned off by default in concrete5 that you'll definitely want to turn on. By default, your page links will look like site.com/index.php/mypage but you want them to be more search engine friendly and cleaner as web visitors expect to see. You need them to appear as site…
- Conclusion0:05You should now have a working concrete5 site, which you can add your content to.
Description
The concrete5 content management system (CMS) is a great solution for getting a site up and running quickly. With a little technical know-how, you can install the software, activate a theme, and have your own content online and looking great in one evening.