I think it’s great when you are able to start your own web presence with your own coded web site. But if you do not feel like you are able to code a web site, or that a plain html/css/php web site is not enough for you and you are not that much happy about updating it manually every now and then…than here is a possible solution 
Use Content Management Systems [CMS]
When you are starting to build your online web site you are standing before a decision. You need to decide whether you will code the whole thing yourself and use plain html/css/php for your web site. But this route is not very funny. It’s because you are not able to use the advantages of databases and the data stored in them!
It is good, if you are trying to only host a static web site, but if you are trying to host a real web site. A web site with dynamic content. A web site with users and their input, than you need to find a solution which best fits your needs. You could build your own database driven solution, or you could use an already existing system. You might think, that this costs a lot of money, bu the opposite is true! you can use a CMS and only then you will see the difference.
CMS systems are a very popular choice, because they make the administration of content, whole web sites, users and data very easy. They give you a back-end and you are able to manage the whol eweb site from it with ease! All you need is to install the chosen CMS on your server and start to feel the difference. One thing to note here is, that you will need to follow the developpers and their “security” announcement as CMS [as all database driven systems] are less secure, than a static html and thus they are a good goal for hackers and crackers and security updates are release now and then.
To use a CMS is a great thing as you are not limited only by static web pages, but you can make your web site very creative and full of life. You can use widgets, add-ons or other extensions offered with your CMS 
Free and paid CMS’s
If you think, that the CMS way is the way to go, than you should know, that there are two options. You can either go the free route and enjoy the free life, or you can buy a CMS solution, but the pure fact, that it’s paid does not mean it’s better [!!!]. Many free CMS systems are far better then the majority of paid solutions and the only advantage is, that you might get support from the company which developed the product and you bought it from, but there are huge communities behind free projects And a big community is sometimes better then a company support!!!
Do your homework and decide what better fits your bill! Have a nice day and see you next time!
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Which ever one you choose, paid or free, it will always be a trade off between which functionallites you need