hello,

i have not had any web design classes or any training at all. I taught myself to build my site by using a template and, well... by pretty much just messing around in dreamweaver, so im happy to have built what i have so far . The site is an affiliate online mall called PrettyPrincess.US for young women. I am really totally happy with look and design, and am working daily on making the categories and graphics in them more professional and streamlined. I like building it myself and want to continue, and i like the site reflecting the colors, young feel, and style that girls like me - who are going to shop at the site - are drawn to.

My problems are DEFINATELY in the technical area. I have two things i would truly appreciate some help with:

First, I have very little technical knowledge so i couldn't honestly tell you what my document type is. So this is obviously a big problem, lol, as that seems to be pretty important I just know that i create the pages in dreamweaver in html format. So...i guess if anyone could help me define my document type, that would be verrry helpful.

And second, since the site is an affiliate site, my pages are filled with various links...so most of the pages have to grab images and info from several different servers outside of my own site server. My actual site content and images load fast, yet the tables of affiliate links and affiliate link images tend to "play catch up" for a few seconds. So im wondering how, within the current layout design i have, to get the pages to load all at once and intact within the page design/frame/table structure? I centered as many of the tables, and text-center aligned everything i can, which helps, but doesnt totally do the trick.

I would truly appreciate any help The most updated/current pages on the site that i would be like for anyone to check out are in the "Dress Up" section of the site: http://www.prettyprincess.us/DressUp.html

once again, any help will be great!