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Can someone with NO experience set up a web page with a dedicated host/server?

I want to start my own website up with a dedicated server/host. I am very inexperienced on the computer. Would this be impossible for me to set up myself? Somedays from ehat i read i think that its totally doable but then others i think OMG!!!! Please help me so i can then take the next step. Cheers, LIsa

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5. It depends on what type of site you want to set up. Are trying to create an online shop? I knew a little bit about web design (some HTML and CSS) before set up my own site, and it definitely helped. I use Evohosting (http://www.evohosting.co.uk/), and I think they made it a lot easier. They give you a bunch of applications for free like Magento, Joomla, Wordpress, etc, and those applications definitely make creating your site a lot easier. Magento's great if you're doing a shop, and Joomla is a content management system. With Joomla, you don't have to know a lot about web design to create a site; it's easy to add articles and modules and format everything on the site. I don't have a dedicated server, but I'm pretty sure Evohosting offers them. Maybe just send them an email telling them what your situation is, and they can give you some guidance. You might not actually need a dedicated server -- most people don't. If you're worried about security , then maybe you should consider just doing a shared hosting plan with an SSL certificated added on. Best of luck to you and your site! I know it's a little scary starting out, so I hope Evo can help you like they helped me!