This seems to be my new little hobby and I must say, I am rather enjoying it. Due to the practical nature of the brilliant Journalism degree I am doing here at good old University of Sheffield, I have recently learned how to create a website using Adobe Dreamweaver as part of my Web Journalism Module.

I loved it, as I do most things technical, and feel that I did an alright job of creating a decent website, which I dedicated to my lovely dog, who you all know as Rowdy.

Anyway, a friend of mine is just starting up a new business in the form of a quality pet supplies shop and dog training company and the person who was meant to be doing her website for her has unfortunately let her down. So she asked me if I would be able to do one for her. I warily said “yes” and have spent a couple of full days this week doing it for her.

It is all going well so far and I haven’t encountered any major problems with the creation of the website, which did not think that I would, but I am soon going to be facing new challenges. I welcome them, but I also hope that they will not get the better of me.

For starters, her company would benefit enormously from customers being able to shop online on her website. A shopping cart is not something that I am familiar with, but should be able to accomplish. It should be just a case of doing my research and finding a decent application for the right price, but I worry that it will be a case of trial and error and if I am honest, I would rather not have the error.

The other problem I am going to have is that because I have created the site using Adobe Dreamweaver, I worry that my friend will not be able to add her own content such as upcoming training classes and events, etc. which would be pretty disappointing. The only option I can see is that she buys the software, which is about £200, but there must be another way.

So far, these are the only two problems that I can envisage, but I am sure that more will arise as I go along. Wish me luck and if anybody can help me out with advice about the two problems I have mentioned, please post it on here for me.