Hi Andrew,

I built my own site - www.idealmodelling.co.uk - its not the best site ever but it does the job. I have never had any training or help and this was my second attempt at a website. I just used the internet as there are thousands of websites dedicated to web-design. I use Dreamweaver MX which I think is straight forward to use but im sure you can get evaluation copies of Frontpage and maybe(?) a demo copy of Dreamweaver and just test them to see which you find easier to use.

I would not suggest buying a book as your local library will have all the books you need and im sure you will end up just searching the internet for answers as both Windiws and Macromedia have dedicated help pages for there software. But, if you really must have a book, the "**** For Dummies" - range are great for begginers, and Im sure there are ones for Frontpage and Dreamweaver (try Amazon for secondhand copies). Hope some of this helps.

Ross Jukes

rjukes@idealmodelling.co.uk

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www.myjobs365.com (eventually!)

If you want to learn how to create websites please bear in mind that getting fontpage or dreamweaver is only one of many ways to create a website nowadays. Before you spend money on web design packages or books, you may want to consider other alternatives like:

www.123-reg.co.uk (buy a cheap domain and use their free instant site sitebuilder)
or even free website services
www.moonfruit.com (free sitebuilder but flash and has adverts)
or
www.myspace.com

Personally I would recommend looking into 123-reg's instant site first. You shouldn't need to download any software since it is an online site builder. You may need a graphics package at a later time, and you might be able to get by with the graphics software in the free www.openoffice.org

Unless you want to pursue web design as your main career, you should not need to use the same tools as professional webdesigners use.
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