I read a Craigslist ad today where someone wanted to learn web design and provided a screenshot of a site that he would like to be able to design.  To me, the site was pretty straightforward and can be handled by any content management package.  Actually, it looked like a WordPress layout.

This ad reminded me that a key part of being able to design websites is choosing the best tools.

SWiSHMax is a tool for flash web design.  This software resides on your computer so you create the design on your computer and then upload the files to your web server.

SWiSHMax is sold online at www.swishzone.com.

I used SWisHMax to modify a template that can be used by singers and musicians.  The template is located on http://www.thurstonconsulting.us/templates/luther.