I went to this 1996 campaign site and said with dismay, it looks like my website.
I recognized many of of the above historical attributes (table-based layout, centered narrow, body bgcolor attribute) in my own site.
I've got a full-time job as a UNIX system administrator, and a part-time business training sys admins. I don't have the website redesign merit badge or time to earn one. I'd pay for a redesign but I don't even know what to ask for except "a website that presents my company well". And I want people to stop staring at my website like there is something wrong with it.
Would appreciate any help you can offer, either by recommending a designer or a design, please.
As someone who learned table-based layouts and who now designs using HTML5 and CSS3, rest assured that the "new" web is not that hard to learn as long as you understand the basics of css. And almost all your JavaScript skills will transfer. It's really as easy as picking up a book on HTML5 and reading it. Alternately, check out: http://diveintohtml5.info/
Another option is to look at sites offering free HTML templates. Usually you can find something decent.
Even the markup is surprisingly clean:
* Most tag names are lowercase
* Attributes are double-quoted
* Some style attributes with CSS
I'm surprised to see FrontPage generated this code - I remember it being more gnarly than this. That said, I'm enjoying the historical artifacts:
* Table-based layout
* <font> tags
* <body> tag has background, vlink and alink attributes
* URLs apparently map to actual HTML files