Software Suggestions

[TonyZub]

I am new to this forum and need some help. I have had a Powweb website for about a year that I want to improve. My business is videography and photography (primarily weddings). I need a site that looks very professional and creative, streams video and has a photo gallery. I have been using Mambo open source as my software.

I know very little about website design. I am an intermediate computer user, not an expert. Are there easy to use website design programs that are WYSIWYG and offers what I need? I also can't spend a lot of money on website design.

My perfect solution would be a program which:
designs a professional, creative website
is easy to use
has templates that are easy to customize
Looks great
has Flash (or flash appearance)
I can update myself with new videos and photo galleries
Works on Powweb
Is affordable
and user friendly

Does this combination exist? If so, what is the software and where are some sample websites that I can see.

Thanks for your help

Tony Z
New Genesis Productions

[Croc Hunter]

If your budget is tight try http://nvu.com it's a good free basic sitebuilder and you can add galleries, forums, etc.. Read about some more feature rich WYSIWYG editors here: http://marketing.powweb.com/articles/show_article.php?id=22

There are also some pretty cool CMS out there like Mambo that give you a nice site stucture and you can add galleries, forums, etc.. For any custom Flash stuff you'll need a seperate program like http://swishzone.com or Macromedia's Flash.

[TonyZub]

I looked at the Swish website and it looks pretty good. Do you know how well their templates and plug ins will work with PowWeb? Also, how can I find out whether their photo gallery plug in will work with Mambo.

Tony

[Croc Hunter]

Swish is all about flash (ShockWave Flash) .swf files work here no problem. Unlike WYSIWYG editors Swish deoesn't have an inbuilt uploader. You build your flash 'movie' generate the .swf and FTP it to Powweb.You mean SwishPix? thats a seperate program to SwishMax but works the same way. The Mambo site lists which galleries it intergrates.