keeping it simple is what I'm trying to do. currently drawing up a layout/plan in photoshop then trying to implement that in some way in dreamweaver...here's a basic idea of what I'm after. its going to have a black background with content aligned to the centre, this one's a text page
http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/9...outtext3ty.jpg
everything stays the same apart from the central box in the middle which will either contain text, like a front page/news/info, or a gallery for which I plan to be thumbnails of sections i.e. landscapes that then lead to pictures, like this and trying to work out how to add a breadcrumb trail too)
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/4...gallery1ip.jpg
central section - I'm guessing will be a frame (? - still learning the terminology for it all) - I'm toying with either having a scroll bar on the side for the text, and having the whole page static or alternatively allow the central secton to stretch as things are added. There's lots of ways of ding it but i believe a css can be made to handle most of it with one for text pages and one for graphics pages. again theres still a few things to figure out but thats the basic idea of it...the top image will change depending on which section you are in and on the front page changes randomly from a selection...
now all i need to do is actually build it!!