i have been worrying about my site falling apart recently.
my initial idea was to make a few gallery pages for my art, which seemed manageable. then i thought to sort those pages by year so that pages don't take too long to load. that multiplied the amount of pages i have to deal with, which is even more moving parts. then, through looking around on here, i realized that managing images on websites is much more complex than i had thought. i have to make sure my resolution is low i think so that the images load quickly (?) and a lot of discussion that went over my head. in addition, when i returned to add art to my site i realized i didnt remember how most of it worked, so i was anxious that i might accidentally break it and be unable to fix it. i decided to try and rewrite and simplify my site, but i wasn't able to make a working gallery at all and so am still leaning on the old design as a crutch and afraid to add any more images.
im wondering if i should turn to commissioning someone to build the site for me and then just explain how to plug in an image (and if so, how i would do that). i even debated returning to social media to store my art due to how much trouble i was having, but i can't stand it over there. however i need to have a digital portfolio.
i have tried to look at w3schools and peoples discussions online here and on stack overflow but i genuinely don't have the base level of knowledge needed to comprehend the advice.