Hi Ian,


We looked at website design a good few months ago and I was discouraged by the price that professional designers were costing.

I seeked advice and I bought a package called Actinic. You can download a free trial from www.actinic.co.uk. This way you can play around before you buy. This was by far the easiest one to set-up, manage and mantain that I trialed.

You can see it on www.myflorist.ie . This set up (although basic) works very welll and generates good orders.

The message I would give you is simplicity is the key - the more easier to use and quick uploading a website is, the mor likely your customer is to use it! If itas too fancy with too many pictures, slidijg images, sound effect and all that tripe the more likely your customer will be slowed down and log off. (Research has shown that you have 6 seconds for your site to load before your punter gets bored and goes elsewhere).

I am set up with Wiser web hosting who host my site for me and I do all the uploading, changing , etc myself, saving many Euros.

Hope this helps
Gareth