Thanks QOD

[Destron]

Joomla is free and open source.

[ardentcrest]

most host's (ie me) have a list of CMS and other things you can install to the site. ie with me here is a list of what you get.

bBlog 0.7.6 --- Blog
WordPress 2.3.1 --- Blog
B2evolution 1.10.3 --- Blog
v-war v1.5.0 R15 --- Clan Script
PHPNuke - Clan.Net V4.2.0 --- Clan Script
Joomla 1.0.13 --- CMS
Mambo 4.6.2 --- CMS
XOOPS 2.0.17.1 --- CMS
Nucleus 3.31 --- CMS
Drupal 5.5 --- CMS
E107 0.7.10 --- CMS
PHP Nuke 8.0 --- CMS
Xoops chinese --- CMS
PHP Fusion 6.01.11 --- CMS
Dragonfly 9.1.2.1 --- CMS
Zen Cart 1.3.7 --- Commerce
osCommerce 2.2 --- Commerce
CubeCart 3.0.17 --- Commerce
XMB Engage 1.9.8 --- forum
phpBB 2.0.22 --- Forums
MyBB 1.2.9 --- Forums
UseBB 1.0.8 --- Forums
MyLittle Forum 1.7.4 --- Forums
PHP Wind 4.3.2 BIG5 --- Forums
PHP Wind 4.3.2 UTF8 --- Forums
PHP Wind 4.3.2 GBK --- Forums
phpBB3 Final --- Forums
SMF 1.1.4 --- Forums
iceBB 1.0-rc8.1 --- Forums
4images 1.7.4 --- Gallery
CopperMine 1.4.14 --- Gallery
KnowledgebasePublisher 2.0 --- KnowledgeBase
CuteNews 1.4.5 --- News
Mkportal M 1.1 RC1 --- Portal
WikiWig 4.1.2 --- Wiki

Me I use E107. Joomla is ok but you may find any plugins you would like to use you may have to pay for them.

Also if you are just starting out, try xampp it is a easy to install Apache web server. Download your CMS or two and try them out on it before you do it on your web site. remember any thing you do on your site adds to you bandwidth and if you make a mistake you could mess up the site.

if you need any help just PM me. I speend more time working on sites then on my demo. (Must change that)