Back to web design

Years ago I used to design websites. Using HTML and FTP. It was pretty easy, just write some text, create some graphics, chop them up, add a few tags and there you go. At one point I picked up a copy of a popular web design tool but didn't find it did anything I couldn't do with a bit of my own HTML, and my HTML was easier to understand and debug. Anything complicated I'd check the source of a similar site and see how their designer did it.

Later, CSS came along and I learned how to do the basics, which simplified the HTML considerably.

The problem was, if I needed to change the content it could be pretty convoluted finding the right place to make the change, so if I'd done the site for a client I had to make the changes, which my generally impecunious clients didn't like paying for.

Now, it's easy to install a site builder system on the site, and once everything is designed and set up the client can use the builder to play with content to their heart's content. Now, however, the problem is bigger. I have to learn to use Joomla, and to use whatever template I choose for the overall site design. It's not easy, especially as I don't know where Joomla ends and the template begins. Or should I be using Wordpress? Or Moonfruit? (not Moonfruit, it's Flash dependent and Flash crashes are my biggest web surfing issue)

Looks like I've got a lot of learning to do!