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As emancipator said, there is more to web design than slapping a few nice pictures onto a page.
I think most people don't realise what goes into web design. I know all my clients tell me "Gosh, I didn't think about this, or I didn't think about that". Obviously, my clients are people who know that there is probably more to this all than the eye can see at first, else they would not be my clients. Still, they are surprised at the breadth of the field... Now, imagine the surprise on someone's face when they discover all the things they need to know, while developing their first web site.
I think many of us started by developing that first site "for fun", and got hooked a bit at a time. There is nothing wrong with do it yourself... You have to start somewhere. Still, for professional results FIRST time around, leave it to the pros. If you can gain a good background in web design before going to the pros, you'll make a better decision on who to hire... but for christ's sake, don't build your own site and declare the Internet and whole industry a big fraud, two weeks after the launch of your first "do-it-yourself website"... because no one clicked on that rotating picture of "E-mail Us". Yuck. <shiver>
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