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How to design a website?

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I need some help with website design. I don't know where to start. I was asked to design a new and better website for the small business I work at. We need to buy the domain name and then design the site. It needs to be able to have videos, photos, and text, as well as a user-friendly format so I can make changes at any point.

How should I start? And good design sites that are not very generic?

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Three ways to develop your website:

1)Using website builder http://buildit.sitesell.com/salespage11....

2)Using pre-made graphics rich templates http://boxedart.com/cgi-bin/affiliates/c...

3)Program/design on your own

Read http://monetizewebsites.blogspot.com
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You can get a free professional website with Microsoft Office Live Small Business - http://starturl.com/officelive . Currently, MS is offering a free domain name (i.e. yourbusiness.com) for the first year. It has 500mb of storage and no ads. It also has a free online web design tool that allows you to create web pages without coding. You can upload your own website as well.
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Make a website easy try--

1#freewebs http://members.freewebs.com

Freewebs, have easy to use web builders and are good for beginners.

If you want to go a little deeper try--

1#KompoZer http://www.kompozer.net/

KompoZer with is free is a WYSIWYG <html> editor. I use this and i am very happy with it.

For a free domain check out this website--

1#co.cc https://www.co.cc/

To find a hosting plan try--

1#Vistainter http://www.vistainter.com/

For a good hosting plan try--

1#000webhosting.com http://www.000webhost.com/

For <html> help try--

1#HTML Code Tutorial http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/

2#Webmonkey http://www.webmonkey.com/

3#Dynamicdrive http://www.dynamicdrive.com/

5#WYSIWYG forum http://wysifauthoring.informe.com/forum/
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Well if it has to be free, you would want to make your pick between one of the many free hosts.

http://members.freewebs.com/ - freewebs

http://geocities.yahoo.com/ - geocities

http://www.weebly.com/ - weebly

http://www.tripod.lycos.com/ - Tripod

The process of making the site can be simplified by WYSIWYG editors such as dreamweaver. But it would be recommended to learn hand-coding as well, since such editors, or incorrect usage of same, is known to produce invalid code, and bad cross-browser combatility.

You can learn how to hand-code your pages at websites such as http://www.w3schools.com/ and http://www.brugbart.com/

Its recommended to atleast learn HTML combined with CSS, and then forget about all the deprecated attributes and elements used for presentation.

Its also important to validate your code, for this you can use the w3c markup validator at: http://validator.w3.org/ - The W3C Markup Validation Service

Along with the CSS validator at: http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/ - CSS Validator

Many website hosts also got their own free templates, as well as their own WYSIWYG editor, the templates may help when aiming to get valid coded pages.
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frontpage, asp.net, or dreamweaver will give you a good start.Which ever one you feel comfortable using, go with it.
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I use wordpress to implement such sites for small businesses to do exactly what you say. I can host the site too, handle your email if needed, etc.

my prices are reasonable if you keep in mind I am a professional who has to make a living, and I do so by adding value to your business. I can work within your budget, as long as you have a budget and value not having to learn from scratch.

contact me via email if I can be of help.
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Use wordpress or else you may contact a web designer at website like http://definitivelab.com/ .
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