I've come a long way since 1997 when I first connected to the Internet.  The World Wide Web has changed my life in so many ways.  When I looked at a few sites for the first time, I wondered how the webmasters were able to put up the information and graphics on their pages.  And I marveled at the graphics.  Soon I began cruising custom graphic sites.  Then I downloaded Netscape Communicator, which came with Composer, and tried my hand at making a simple web page.  It worked.  I was hooked!  I am now using FrontPage 2000 to make web pages. I wanted to make my own graphics so that I would not have to depend on linkware sets made by other people.  I wanted graphics that I created with my own hand to reflect my own taste.  So, I purchased Paint Shop Pro (version 7).  It took me about three weeks to learn what the program would do, and I was quickly on my way after that.  I recently purchased Flaming Pear's Blade Pro, a graphics program that adds special effects to graphics that PSP cannot create. However, I could not have renovated my previous site without online tutorials written by so many people from whom I have learned so much.  And these people I would like to thank here on this page. Nikki Fay of Fay Studios.com was the first designer I ran into on the Net who guided me through the first steps of simple page construction.  Her tutorials reminded me of the importance of cross-browser compatibility and screen resolution. Other graphic designers include SandDancr.com, Jaguarwoman, Dizz.com, and Structures.  I believe that we learn only from the best, and these ladies are the best--in my humble opinion.  Women are better web site designers than men.  And I can always tell whether a site has been designed by a man or a woman just by looking at the colors!  There's a BIG difference.  And women have terrific sites for linkware, shareware, and commercial graphics if you want to step into web page design.  Be sure to see Dizzie's breath-taking Galleria!  Incidentally, Dizzie made the 1920s women who populate my pages.  Thanks, Dizz! Finally, I would not have been able to learn how to use Paint Shop Pro if it were not for hundreds of tutorials.  The best index for links to PSP tutorials is Angela M. Cable's very comprehensive list.  You will learn how to make graphics very quickly, but notice the tutorials intended for PSP 5, those for PSP 6, and those for PSP 7, 8 and 9.  There's a difference in how those versions work.