# Getting Started

The **Creating a Basic Site** tutorial provides step-by-step instructions to build an Umbraco website using a set of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files. This tutorial enables you to use a website template, modify it, and connect the sections that require content management in the Umbraco CMS.

## **What You Need**

To begin this tutorial, download the Custom Umbraco Template folder attached below.

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### Installing Umbraco

To download the latest version of Umbraco, refer to the [Installation article](https://docs.umbraco.com/umbraco-cms/fundamentals/setup/install). On the installation wizard, follow the steps:

1. Enter your **Name**, **Email**, and **Password**.

   ![Installing Umbraco](https://2050077833-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fb0WSXUuM7Qx5BfREagAI%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-f8a0f32cb52337e1c7e356a6d3c8e0f6c9de5f81%2Finstalling-umbraco.png?alt=media)
2. Click **Next**.
3. Choose the level of **Consent for telemetry data** for your Umbraco installation.
4. Click **Next**.
5. Select the **Database Type** from the drop-down list.
6. Enter the **Database Name**.
7. Click **Install**.

The installation will take a couple of minutes to complete.

### Preparing the Custom Umbraco Template Site

1. Unzip the Custom Umbraco Template to a folder on your system.
2. Open the **index.html** from the folder in your preferred browser to see the template.

   ![Default template homepage](https://2050077833-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fb0WSXUuM7Qx5BfREagAI%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-1a5470c8fb2c6198eb7754e7434ac998dbee60fd%2Ffigure-5-retrospect-template-v8.png?alt=media)

The template contains some text with dummy links. We’re going to turn this into a fully-fledged, Umbraco-powered site!

## Logging in to Umbraco

You can log in to Umbraco in two steps:

1. Once the installation is complete, you will see the **Login** screen.
2. Enter the **Name** and **Password** used during the installation process. You should see a similar Umbraco Backoffice as the image below:

   ![Umbraco Backoffice](https://2050077833-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fb0WSXUuM7Qx5BfREagAI%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-692ecc891f760238f61efced1c7acc319a479a0c%2Fbackoffice-landing-page.png?alt=media)


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