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I am new to web design, and I really haven't dabbled in coding yet, so I hope I don't insult anyone's intelligence, but I'm looking for some information.


I have a friend who would like to start a niche specific dating site. I have only designed using Microsoft FrontPage so far. Is anyone familiar enough with that program to let me know if you think we could make something work using it? I've had no problems putting up pictures on the site I've already done, so I'm thinking it could be done using that program, it would just involve a lot of form pages for people who want to sign up for the site.


Also, what would one charge for membership to a site like that? She wants to keep it cheap, and I told her we could probably make the cost of the site on advertising once I'm better at using Adsense. Does the cost of joining these sites really just pay for the webmasters' time?


This is the site I just designed: www.foxmachinery.com (http://www.foxmachinery.com)


I promise, that's not spam, there is no advertising on the site. But if you would like to critique it and let me know if there's anything I could do better, go for it.

I don't think Frontpage will be your best option. It sounds like you are going to need a community based interactive website. A better option would be phpNuke (content management system) then add on the Nukeroyal.com e-solution which will configure the site for memberships and fees.

I'm not sure about fees. Are there other dating sites that would compare to what she wants to set up?

Good luck with your project! smileys/smiley1.gif
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Edited by: chrlstoncharmed

I agree, use a content management system. Look into several to see which have the options you need. phpNuke, Xoops, Drupal, Joomla, Mambo are a few to get you started.

Thanks!