Can I design a professional-looking business webpage myself?

How do I proceed with getting a website done for my recruiting business? I have no web design skills, but I have the aesthetic sensibilities... can I do it myself?





I will basically only need an intro page, an online application form, and a list of jobs that will be constantly updated. I do want nice flashy buttons that highlight when you move your cursor over them, and that sounds harder to do.

Can I design a professional-looking business webpage myself?
Yes use frontpage, photoshop ,etc, you can find step by step guide on how to design a website at websites like http://oktutorial.com/webdesign.htm
Reply:Check whether it fits your requirement...


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Reply:you should have a clear idea of html, vbscripts or php for functionality





and photoshop, flash for design
Reply:ya if your willing to pay for a good server to host your site and you have good HTML skills
Reply:Much of this isn't too hard to do. The tricky part would be the online application form and list of jobs that will be constantly updated. That sounds like it would require a database and scripting. And if you have no web design skill, your best bet in that case is to hire someone.
Reply:Well you're in luck I actually do this for a living, it really depends on what you want to do, if you plan on linking it to a backend database and having all your data live then you might want to seriously invest in a programmer.





Otherwise it's not necessarily hard to do, there are a couple of free programs out there that can help. I personally would tout a program called NVU. Another one which isn't bad for beginners is NetObjects Fusion, (not free unfortunately).





In terms of button rollovers which are the technical term for the buttons you want to create they are not hard. Assuming you already have your buttons created. If you are artistically inclined you may want to give doing it yourself a try, otherwise go with NetObjects Fusion, good program that has some pretty professional looking buttons already designed and ready for you to use.





Your best bet is to teach yourself a little HTML it takes about an afternoon it'll make your life a hell of a lot easier in the end because you'll be able to look at a page and take it apart visually or by simply going through their source code (In Firefox its CTRL+U, completely forgotten what it is in Internet Explorer unfortunately).

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