web-based design or pc software

[costica]

Hi,

I want to revamp (i.e. get rid of "beautiful" flash) a website.

I do not know HTML well (yes, I need to learn). What I DO know is that I want no flash and as little JavaScript as possible. I have a dream of ranking a webpage well in Google and I want a super-clean HTML, fast-loading website.

I want control of position of elements. There are online web creation hosted solutions and PC-installable software that allow this: dragging items to the exact desired location, re-size, etc.

What --for lack of a better word-- technology is this? Is it pure HTML?
and
Does this kind of feature bloat the HTML code to where loading time suffers?

Thank you,
Costica

[fariadali]

Yes, all the tasks you wish to accomplish can be done using HTML and CSS. You can learn HTML and CSS, and other web languages and scripting languages online on w3school and quackit. If your website was formally written in flash, I would recommend javascript as a suitable dynamic alternative. Don't worry, they do not make a website heavy. Infact jquery holds the potential to make your website visually attractive and interactive without making the website heavy