Help needed - I need to build a website which is the easiest best software to use ?

Never used it myself but Wix may be worth a look:

http://www.wix.com/website/templates

You need a CMS (content management system). The most popular is Wordpress. It's also free. You can also have it hosted (held on a server) free of charge but that doesn't look so good.

In effect, you need:

A domain name. "example.com" is an example of a domain name.
A hosting service. That's a company that lets you keep your CMS on its computers.
A CMS.

Having selected your domain name (make sure it ends in ".com", everything else is rubbish), find a hosting service to register it for you and do all the DNS stuff and other things you don't need to know about.

I recommend GoDaddy. They'll charge you about £10 per year for the domain name and anything from £2 to £10 per month for hosting, depending on your needs. They will also install Wordpress or another CMS free of charge. You also get free email addresses like rockinron@example.com for nothing.

You can give your CMS a unique look by installing a "theme" on it. There are thousands of free themes but you can pay for custom ones. There are add-ons which will carry adverts (you get paid by Google or Amazon or whoever for using them) and other add-ons to allow customers to buy directly from your site and so on.

Do not use godaddy they are too expensive and their servers are in the US.  I used them and my website often timed out.  They will also increase charges every year.



Go too http://www.w3schools.com/default.asp 

Spend a couple of hours a day for a month and soon you will be able to build your own site and modify it as required.

You don't really need a content management system.  A basic website is just a series of linked pages in a folder.

You just need the domain name and hosting.  I use https://www.fast2host.com/

Obviously this is all dependant on you having sufficient time.  You can also do something like set up a very basic page and link to a facebook page that your relative can update (and get messages from potential customers).

If you have no html, css and programming skills and an eye for design I certainly wouldn't advise you to go the self-build route. It's not as easy as it sounds to build a professional looking and functioning website from scratch.

Wix, WordPress, etc would be my choice.

Wix v WordPress http://www.websitebuilderexpert.com/wix-vs-wordpress/. As with all software there are issues with Wix however. Try it, it's free for basic vesion.

GoDaddy gives unlimited domain hosting and email addresses, including auto-reply and mail-forwarding, if you take the deluxe version which costs about £10 per month.

Their servers are based in both the US and Europe. You choose where you want to be hosted. You also have a choice of a Windows OS instead of the more common Linux and, unlike most firms, there's no extra charge. Windows is useful if you want to program in Visual Basic or C#.

Anyone wanting to try Wordpress on their own Windows machine can download a free copy of Instant Wordpress from instantwp.com. It can be installed on a memory stick and is useful for showing someone what you've developed before investing in hosting.

Thanks Guys ...your help is much appreciated.

I used moonfruit.com a few years back and it was very is to use, cant remember how much it cost but it wasnt expensive.

And what's your choice?

I'm with relative at the weekend ...we'll have a spin round your suggestions then....have a go.
Again ..many thanks.