for a simple page coffee cup or liquid effects, both available free downloads, aren't bad. coffee cup is free, liquid effects is a trial version, limited time of full use. best off to use either frontpage or netscape composer, a wysiwyg type of page design rather than going really fancy right off the top. when you get more comfortable, you can add bells and whistles like flash animations / sound events. less frustration level that way, trying to get a full multimedia site for your first site will cause a lot of stress