I have been working with PHP/MySQL as a hobby for close to a couple of years now, I have been working with photoshop for a very long time, I know CSS & HTML well enough to write without any reference, so, I would not consider myself someone who's very new at this. I have recently started developing websites professionally - (only person working on the project).

I have seen the power of Joomla and how you can make a website ready for your customer in a matter of hours(if not minutes). I find it very hard to make layouts that remotely look like the themes on joomla. I find making even simple layouts a very cumbersome process and takes a lot of time to get a good enough output.

I have a feeling I may not be using the right tools or workflow for the job.

What I wanted to findout was, as part of the industry :

• How do, you, make your website when you do it from scratch?
• What are the tools that you use?
• What is your workflow?

Just noted a few things I know already, for your reference(You can skip this if you like)

Thanks! :)