I'm also new to GDI and although I have a 30 year technical background in the aerospace industry and thought building a web site was child's play...I can't seem to put the pieces together either. GDI member Gary Cooper has an excellent site (http://www.garycooper.ws) that I would like to use as a template but when I simply attempted to copy and paste a banner code onto my site the banner itself does not replace the "code" words.

Part of my marketing plans include advertising the simplicity of building your own web site...even for teenagers. If I can't build my own web site quickly, I can't promote GDI effectively.

In lieu of having to search the forum for tips and tricks every time I run into a "snag" I would like to propose GDI set up a weekly training call for "beginners" where we can build a web page by following along with a trainer on line while they provide step-by-step directions.

What does everyone else think?  This would be very helpful, especially for those like myself who more than likely are suffering from advance stages of A.D.D. or Altzheimers.