just making sure somebody notices me (and someone did)

heck, how did that happen...

I confess that while I do web design, I then pass the layered Photoshop files to a programmer...my skills are more in the design, so I work with associates who are good at the more technical aspects (that I find a bit boring!!)...

MellowGal has a very good point here: you DON'T have to do it all yourself. Many many folks split the duty. Some of us don't mind dipping into the Geek Waters, but others of us NEVER should.

Getting clear on what parts you REALLY like about website creation is important! One of the reasons that I just shut down my 8 year old design company was that I was doing ALL the parts. I really like the design, and not very much the code/maintainance parts. After you've run your business for a few years (and you don't piss off your clients) you are going to be doing a LOT more maintainance than design on your older sites. Make sure you are okay with that. If not, then find a good tech-savy person now to partner or associate with.

I personally burned out on the Maintainance side, and in the end had to let go the creative side as well. (though I'm REALLY happy with my new re-branding of BrilliantEye.ca so, as usual in Life, it all works out in the longer run! )

i'm saying nothing, but personaly i let my son do the design stuff, i just put it together in flash then dreamweaver to center stuff up.
do not offer to host big videos, my mistake
always build your sites for IE , but test in firefox too, some awkward arshole will view in firefox and have huge problems, not your problem, firefox arsehole will have firefox's problem, but thay will blame you, dont use fancy fonts or colored scrollbars, Mr ff wont display them too, if you need any flash stuff contact me i'm one of the best flashers i know

http://www.fleetilya.com/

having to host the video on one of my bigger sites

http://www.hallcross.co.uk/index3.html
my everyday site, basicly my playground

two sites i built for my son,
http://www.boylloyd.com/
http://www.boylloyd.com/scroller

it's easy when you know how

I'm a webdesigner since flash 3 (that was quite a long time ago), and frankly, I'm sick of it... I really can't stand it anymore. BUt hey... I'm manic depressive... I tend to get sick of stuff after a while. When I used to do it, I used to like it. So go for it.

HI GREF MISSED YA!
I have dreamweaver and frontpage expressions.
i use expressions.- it's gone way beyond the old frontpage these guys are familiar with and is much more user friendly than dreamweaver and it finds and fixes much more dependably.
flash8 (not user friendly at all-my brain is esploding from it-watch many video lessons) and unless you're really gonna be a flash master try the free flash generator at
http://sproutbuilder.com/ it works-it's super easy- fast enough- a little limited but for animated logos and stuff like that--yay
images created and sliced on cs2
any code for specials come from http://www.dynamicdrive.com/
common license images http://www.sxc.hu/
some raw material for templates come from
your best friend "OPEN SOURCE"- google it plus 'templates' or whatever

oh- and if you decline to watch the video or make use of this next link- then i hate you
http://www.colourlovers.com/palette/453568/Life_on_Mars

my personal experience, never trust a guy who says he's excellent in design and in programming .

It's like an architect who can single handedly build your house too. (or vice versa)

HI SCION, BEEN A LONG TIME EH

true... I never done php programming in my sites... although I did all the AS programming... and I say to you the AS programming was harder than the frigging semi-ready PHP scripts the programmers did...