Guys,
I'm just about to start designing a dating website. I've got Dreamweaver MX 2004 (or are there better packages out there?), a bloody big manual and a head full of ideas. It's got to be able to store member profiles, send emails between members in the site itself, and it's got to be able to support Paypal/WorldPay etc.
This is sort of a budget thing - I don't have enough money to contract it out, and besides off all the designs I've seen, none seem to be right. Obviously I'll pay for hosting etc. Oh, and I know almost nothing about web design. The site has to be not just good, but excellent.
Can it be done with just the manual and a bit of brainpower? Would I be better contracting it out? My reasoning is that if I want to avoid paying for site updates for the rest of my days, I'd better start learning
Tall order or no?
Confab
PS: If I did contract the site out, any reasonable guess about how much it would cost?