Isn't it time for people to know how to design websites?

[Colima420]

Recently I have started thinking about starting a small business. Within the business plan, I had the idea of having a website of the business.

That's when I noticed that I had no idea at all about how to build a website.

Upon analyzing this, I realized that no one that I know (including a lot of people with bachelor and master degrees, both in the US and in Mexico) could design a website either.

Quite likely people with an education in computer programming can do this. But I think that your average college graduate (regardless of major) should have a general idea/ability to build a simple webpage.

Why is this not taking place? Why aren't colleges teaching this across majors?

Living in 2007, and being computer literate, it makes me mad that I cannot design a webpage.

All I know is that I have to do some programming in HTML (have no idea how this works), upload it somewhere, buy a domain name?, ...

Do you guys think that in this day and age, educated people should be able to build simple websites? If so, why aren't colleges teaching this?

Or do you think that it really isn't necessary for people to have this skill?

Colima420