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Village_Idiot
13th of August 2010 (Fri), 09:27
Right now, I'm using Smugmug and I'm finding it too limiting in being able to create what I want.

My current site: http://digitalroomstudios.smugmug.com/

What I want is something along the lines of either of these two websites:
http://www.platonphoto.com/
http://www.konkyphotography.com/

I want something simple to show off a small portfolio of images with an about me page and a contact page with a form that would send me an e-mail with the person's inquiry.

I have HTML and CSS experience; enough to be able to look up what I want to do and then do it.

My question is, is this enough to emulate the above sites as far as presentation? The main pages look simple enough but are the galleries made using CSS or is there a program that can do this that will make it easier? I've used dreamweaver before way back in school and it was a pain in the ass. Is there something else I can look at using?

Hikin Mike
13th of August 2010 (Fri), 12:54
Looks like both sites use Flash. The first one is only using Flash for the galleries, which is better than having a 100% Flash - like the second site.

I learned HTML/CSS and designed my website. I use a Javascript/jQuery slideshow for my home page. Then a few years ago, a friend helped me implement a database for my galleries using PHP/MySQL.