I greatly appreciate your help

I will talk with my friends and we will discuss our next steps

Thanks!

What about if we are doing it as a side project? Not necessarily a professional business of sorts, would we still need to go through all that?

Sadly I didn't think much of it when I was taking the classes.

I keep all the work so I could still put one together.

The other 2 people doing this with me, we could combine our work into one portfolio for our "Project" probably?

I definately appreciate your suggestions!!

My classes involve Javascript / web design and programming as far as this goes

I am not familiar at all with SEO pactices, nor what a CMS is. But I am willing to learn and utilize those skills.

My knowledge extends to javascript / (some java) / XHTML / CSS

I've been in college for a few years now and a few friends and I want to put our knowledge to the test

We want to start designing websites for people on as a small side-business.

Having websites built for you can be expensive but since we are just personal it will be quite cheaper than spending ~800 bucks to get one done for you.

We are in the process of getting the necessary software we would want to help contribute to our cause.

But what I'm here for is, is there any interest in this?

Also, is it possible once we get completely running to advertise on this site?