[Mr. Chambers]

Finally went ahead and bought a domain name for my computer buisness i've been running for the better part of 5 years. It's my sole income for the past 2, and will hopefully continue to be until i'm done with college.

That being said i'd like it to look semi-professional, but alas, my HTML skills are pretty basic, and to top it off, i'm a bit of a perfectionist, so anything i make in photoshop for the layout/graphics i end up trashing!

Do you guys suggest using a template? I certainly don't want to hire someone else to design this thing for me, but I'm coming up blank here...

[xAlucarDx]

If you just stay simplistic it's hard to mess up... Go for a really clean simplistic look and you should be able to make something usable.... besides, it's all the rage now adays.

[naif]

Yeah if you can find a decent template for free, I guess its worth it. What will the contents of your site be? Maybe I might be of an assitance to you.

[Mr. Chambers]

Well to start off something fairly simplistic looking, yet professional and functional. I'd like some sort of "news" area in the middle, where I can post updates on the latest virus or other happenings, and several navigational buttons for access to other pages, which would hold articles/guides, as well as pricing for various machines, a page with a map/location, etc.

The layout would be the same on most pages, the only thing that would change would be the information obviously. i'm reading/experimenting with photoshop even though i should be in bed

[Kendan]

Find a web designer locally that you can trade work with Or you can check the template sites. There are also a couple other options like PHPNuke. You could also post over at some of the Inet web development forums to get some help or even put up a little money and have a little contest over www.yaxay.com . Have fun with it