I should have figured that. Well, I guess I'm off to pick up a copy of HTML For Dummies.

You can learn anything from those d**n books. That and they have it at the library. Hooray for free!

Thanks for the advice. I'm glad you saved me from wasting my money (especially since I couldn't figure out how to use most of the d**n programs!)

Anyhow, thanks again. I'll let you know how the self-educating goes! Maybe I'll eventually post up a review on the best books to learn HTML from.

They have classes up at our local tech school which I was hoping to take eventually, but I suppose if I can learn it from a book I might as well go pick up a couple and just buckle down and learn it.

I'll admit it, I wanted the easy way out so that I didn't have to push back my 'launch date' any more. *sigh*

Thanks for the advice and the recommendations guys. I'm off to  learn HTML!

So, basically in order to allow Google to post ads on my site I have to post their privacy policy and allow them to put cookies on and collect information from my visitors?

Why can't they post a privacy policy on the site the ads lead to? Or do they download the cookie automatically whenever someone visits a site hosting google ads?

And I thought declining to download the toolbar 700 times a day was enough...

Is the money from Google ads really enough to make hosting them worth all the hassle?

I'm looking at site-building software at the moment and was wondering if anyone had any recommendations. I'm pretty small-time so I need something resonably inexpensive (under a $100) and I have literally no experience with HTML. I plan on learning but I'd like to get my website launched first and, since it's a content site, the amount content I'm currently trying to produce is extreme.

Is there anything anyone could recommend as a stop-gap until I can learn HTML?

Right now I'm looking at Web Easy. I did the trial and I know I can use it but how do I know that it will work on all webhosts? Will it work on T35? It says it converts the templates and such to HTML. Does that matter? Is there anything better in that price range (it's about $40).

Thanks so much for any help!

P.S. If this isn't in the right section please move it for me. I'm sorry if I seem hopeless...

*Stands up* My name is Berlyn and I'm building a website...

Just thought I'd drop in here and introduce myself before I ask about a billion stupid questions (at least then you'll have a way to track me down when you decide to wring my neck).

Anyhow, I'm currently on bed rest with my third baby and consequently became inspired by the difficulty of finding good information to start my own website on high risk pregnancy. So currently I'm working like a dog, digging up information and translating that into (hopefully) entertaining and informative articles while trying to figure out the actual mechanics of starting a website. You know al that stuff like hosting, advertising and dealing with my total lack of knowledge of HTML ( I do plan on learning eventually, there just aren't enough hours in the day right now to write the necessary articles and learn HTML).

Hope to get to know everyone, and that I don't sound too much like a waste of life.

RC