I"m doing everything in Frontpage and I was wondering to have your site have the same layout on each page, is it that you just add the same layout with different features and text? And if so is all text thats on the layout being accomplished by PS or any type of graphic program, seeing that frontpage wont let you add text to an image (layout) without distorting the picture? If this question doesn't belong here, then please forgive me.

what i always do when using frontpage is i make the layout and get the code, then just paste it everywhere i want the layout to be, changing the text and features; like you were saying...

but how do you change your text? With frontpage or with another program? Cause when I try to add text on an image in frontpage it changes the attributes of the entire image and seeing my entire image IS the layout it looks horrible.

do you have an example..?

Not to show cause I havent uploaded my site yet but let me try to explain it a little better if I can. I made an image in photoshop that I want to use as my layout (background) Now to put words on it I thought I could just insert text in frontpage but when I do that it transforms the pic into a GIF and it doesn't look right. When I take the text out, the image goes back to normal. So I wasnt sure if theres a simpler way for me to add text to it. Like if I wanted "Welcome to my little spot on the net" on top of my layout image, would I just type that all in with Photoshop or somethin while I'm working on the image, or does the text need to be done in a seperate program or at a seperate time? And to insert different text on different pages of my site that use the same layout background will that be done the same way?

im not an expert with frontpage.. but for you, i have 2 suggestions. an evil annoying, one.. OR one thats annoying at first, but once your done, it looks good.
so evil suggestion is to take your computer and smash it. naww, just kidding.. you can, if you want, write the text on the layout right away in ps... just make sure you save it in 2 ways; .psd (make sure it saves the layers) AND .gif (or .jpg, .bmp, or .jpeg; whatever you pick..) then, upload it and put it onto your site. then.. if you want to change the text, then open the .psd one and change the layer with the text to the text you want. then, with that text, overwrite your old .psd and your old .gif (or whatever you chose) with your new file.
the annoying at first but later easier thing is to div position your text.

<div style="position:absolute; top:NUMBER OF PIXELS AWAY FROM THE TOP; left:NUMBER OF PIXELS AWAY FROM LEFT; width:WIDTH OF BOX WHERE TEXT IS; height:HEIGHT OF BOX WHERE TEXT IS; border: BORDER (if wanted.. if not, use 0) SIZE px #BORDER COLOUR solid;>

just change everthing in red. i hope im following the right track, and understanding what your saying.. :P

Frontpage transforms the picture into gif? What do you mean by that? I believe frontpage won't do such things.
Unfortunately I don't have frontpage so I can't give exact details, but somewhere in menus or by rightclick you should find an option the set image as a background. This way you have text and image separately and you can use same picture on all pages even if you want to have different text on it. But if the text on picture is same on every page and part of a layout, I'd suggest doing picture with text in graphics program. later you can define it as usual picture on background in html code.

Thank you both soo much. I think I've figured it out now. Now all I gotta do is learn how to map just the text I want to show in the frame and not the entire layout inside the frame. lol I guess it will all come easier once I learn how to do it once.