Web Portal Development Advice

[Franko]

WOW... I know I'm new to this whole interweb-net-thingy stuff, but your first post has me total lost...

I thought to build a website like mine you just bought a domain name and used the built in point & click style editor that I use on mine...

(never realised folk actually write them by hand, so to speak... )

[Franko]

Interestingly enough, I guess this begs the question... in the end, how much does all of this really complicated layer upon layer of the bloated dynamic web bring to us then say a more simplistic static website.

(...and yes, I do realize that there is a certain amount of value to Youtube and other multimedia outlets. But how tiring does it get to suffer through poorly crafted, sluggish flash intros?)

Although the server I use for my Website is to be honest a bit slow on the initial homepage appearing, to me the benefits of being able to create a site in what amounts to a point and click environment far outweighs this.

Plus for a small monthly fee my site is free of all those horrible adverts that slow old computers like this iMac down...