I started out coding with notepad and was quite pleased with myself at the time - but having a grounding in HTML definitely helps with any programme you use. I picked up a free copy of Dreamweaver2 with a mag and it's definitley much better than anything else I've used. You have to be really careful with some apps - particularly Front page, as they add loads of extra coding in and many servers don't recognise FP's extensions. Also worth considering is an HTML editor, which takes a lot of the work out - I use the free 'Notetab Lite' instead of the generic HTML facility with DW, but it's really a stand-alone. You can download it here: www.notetab.com Hoorah! The web transcends geography :) Have fun! Soozie