best way for a graphically challenged person to design a site?

[murphy55d]

I got in on the Dixiesys deal before it expired, and now I wanna start building a site... but I don't have much artistic/graphical skill, and I'm not all that creative. Are there any good template places around? Any other ways I could go about this? It's just going to be a personal-type site..nothing big(at least i dont think 🙂) Obviously I could have searched for templates at google but I wanted some actual opinions....

any suggestions at all would be great. 🙂

 

[TallBill]

start goofin around with photoshop.. i've seen a lot of non-artsy people learn quite a bit in photoshop.

 

[notfred]

Make something that's not very graphical. The purpose of a website is to deliver content, looking pretty is much less important.

 

[murphy55d]

Originally posted by: notfred
Make something that's not very graphical. The purpose of a website is to deliver content, looking pretty is much less important.

good point....

 

[SSP]

Originally posted by: murphy55d

Originally posted by: notfred
Make something that's not very graphical. The purpose of a website is to deliver content, looking pretty is much less important.

good point....

Yeah, you dont need 3d graphics/buttons to make a neat looking site.

 

[zCypher]

On the topic of websites, can someone help me make the time at the bottom of mine update in real-time? Can it not be done in PHP? Need javascript? Need a little direction. thanks

 

[GasX]

Not exactly a dazzling design, but it has ZERO graphics:
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