Hi Neil

I started to set up a Joomla site last year….. got it up and running. And there has been no problems with the software. I hosted it with a company called Siteground. I chose them because they do the Joomla updating in the background (after I approve it but it can be automatic) . I get a "Clean site" report each week; they check if it has been hacked and report.

The Joomla interface is easy enough to learn. The hard part is choosing the right template to use, templates are developed by third parties. some are free and some you pay for once while others you pay for by subscription. I have stuck to the free ones.

Having never set up a web site before getting started was a bit challenging; I found some helpful videos at the host site. I just followed them step by step, they are really quite good. Brian Teeman a Brit is clear and to the point.  

https://www.siteground.com/tutorials/joomla-video/build-joomla3-site/

My only caveat is the time it takes to create a reasonable looking site. It is very much a work in progress.

The name was chosen because it is easy to search in Google.

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Regards
John McNamara

Edited By John McNamara on 05/09/2015 06:20:53