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I am not a computer specialist. 
I thought cms was a piece of software I could download to my PC in order to create and manage my own homepage.  I have downloaded the software, but cannot find any 'install.exe' file or something of the like.
According to the downloadable documentation, I have to go and register to the site of gforge.org first, create an account, do something with unix names (what is a unix name anyway) and make a choice between CVS and something else.  What are these abbreviations? What is this procedure for? It looks like I am creating a new homepage (hence the unixname), but I am not sure, and in any case I don't need that, I already have a homepage via my provider that I want to fill with content.

In short: how does a novice get started?  Is there a manual somewhere in plain English

Hi,

Sure there is:
http://wiki.cmsmadesimple.org/index.php ... stallation

(notice the Documentation link at the top of this site)

In short: upload the files to your webspace and run the installation script by accessing your site with a webbrowser.

CMSms is not a software you install on your computer like MS Word. It is more a software you install on your hosting (webspace) provider.
Just imagine you are Google and you install Writely on your provider's computer.

And of course : RTFM, it is well made.

PM