How do you develop sites?

[noisez]

I own a few domains like sitedrill.com, myforumposts.com and others. but was wondering how to develop them?

 

[estibot.com]

I have created a step by step guide that walks you through the process. It is pretty simple really. I also check the site daily to see if people have any questions. Http://WebdevHOWTO.com

From the somewhat perfunctory instructions on your page, I get the idea that you are using something called Drupal?

I'm interested in finding a new CMS. However, it seems impossible to get any info about this Drupal....every time I google "drupal", I get the http://drupal.org website at the top of the SERPs....but when I click drupal.org (any page, forum or anything), this is what I get:

Unable to connect to database server

If you still have to install Drupal, proceed to the installation page.

If you have already finished installed Drupal, this either means that the username and password information in your settings.php file is incorrect or that we can't connect to the MySQL database server. This could mean your hosting provider's database server is down.

The MySQL error was: Lost connection to MySQL server at 'reading initial communication packet', system error: 111.

What does this mean? Do they need access to my mySQL databases before I can even view their site??



When I click the link to their "installation page", I get the exact same error?

Or are they just having problems with their own database?

Somehow this doesn't give a very good impression about the Drupal CMS, at least its user-friendliness...I mean, if they can't get their own site to work...

Oh, I know it can be hard though.

Is anyone else here using Drupal? The sites made with Drupal look nice enough, but where to get more info?

Thanks-
Josh

 

[Captain Clay]

All of you more experienced posters seem to say the same thing - reg a domain, use a free template, make (or buy) some content, host the site...
Where do you host? are there free hosting services, or do you pay for this?

Clay.

 

[whitebark]

All of you more experienced posters seem to say the same thing - reg a domain, use a free template, make (or buy) some content, host the site...
Where do you host? are there free hosting services, or do you pay for this?

Clay.

Always pay for good hosting. It will save you from so many headaches. Look for a host that allows unlimited domains and offers unlimited/or lots of data transfer/databases.

More information for those looking to develop their domain holdings:

Domain Name Development
Minisite Creation