Me again .. first website question, wordpress/hosting

[HollyJ24]

Hi sorry it's me again! I have been busy creating my husbands website for him. It is a 1 page site with a simple pricing section, testimonials and contact section. I have built it on my own site using Atom with basic HTML CSS and Bootstrap. My question is when it comes to making it go live how do I go about that? He already has a domain so I know I will need to get hosting, but do I just run it off my computer or is it better to convert it to a cms like wordpress? Is there benefits of using a cms and uploading it as a custom theme? Thank you

 

[Tealk]

If no contributions are to be published there, WP is totally superfluous.
The way you describe it, the page should only display something. Upload this data to the webspace, done.

Hosting a website at home is a very stupid idea. Webhosting providers are by far cheaper than the electricity it would cost.

PS: It would be great if you put bootstrap locally on the webserver and not load it externally.

 

[HollyJ24]

If no contributions are to be published there, WP is totally superfluous.
The way you describe it, the page should only display something. Upload this data to the webspace, done.

Hosting a website at home is a very stupid idea. Webhosting providers are by far cheaper than the electricity it would cost.

PS: It would be great if you put bootstrap locally on the webserver and not load it externally.

I meant using a web hosting service that didn't come across right ...
Can I ask what you mean in regards to the bootstrap comment? Thanks

 

[Tealk]

Can I ask what you mean in regards to the bootstrap comment? Thanks

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[swift]

If it's static, I agree with Tealk - WP would be overkill.

In terms of hosting, you could upload it to any one of hundreds/thousands of providers. When I was just starting out, I always used shared hosting but now I'd just host things on their own VPS. (Take a look at Digital Ocean or Linode for example) You could even choose to host with AWS or Google but they're complicated for getting started and it'd be yet another thing to learn

But having said all this, I have seen a lot about Netlify these days which could be good to take a look at.
I decided to give them a try myself to host a single page app I built the other day and honestly couldn't believe how simple it was. You have the option of simply dragging and dropping the built website folder from your machine to Netlify (good to start with) or connecting with git (recommended) to deploy your website. And there are options to hook up your own domain. There's a free plan of course which is also good for a start Check it out: https://www.netlify.com/

 

[HollyJ24]

If it's static, I agree with Tealk - WP would be overkill.

In terms of hosting, you could upload it to any one of hundreds/thousands of providers. When I was just starting out, I always used shared hosting but now I'd just host things on their own VPS. (Take a look at Digital Ocean or Linode for example) You could even choose to host with AWS or Google but they're complicated for getting started and it'd be yet another thing to learn

But having said all this, I have seen a lot about Netlify these days which could be good to take a look at.
I decided to give them a try myself to host a single page app I built the other day and honestly couldn't believe how simple it was. You have the option of simply dragging and dropping the built website folder from your machine to Netlify (good to start with) or connecting with git (recommended) to deploy your website. And there are options to hook up your own domain. There's a free plan of course which is also good for a start Check it out: https://www.netlify.com/

Thank you i'll have a look at Netlify!