On both my sites i use CMS based on phpBB. I like phpBB because code structure is really easy to follow and customise for newbies. Unfortunately can't say the same about drupal and joomla...
I agree with Harvester about learning to do it your self and dumping the WYSIWYG services. I like Eclipse, and Homesit+
I use frontpage to create my websites and various hosting depends on what I need. Usually the one for all round service and websites if I need them as they have unlimited bandwidth. Yours, Laura_D
For static web page design Dreamweaver is gud... For dynamic pages, go for asp or php with visual studio or plain php editors respectively.. My site was designed with Dreamweaver. gonfsmostwanted[dot]com....
Programming = Dreamweaver/Notepad Design = Photoshop/Illustrator/Flash Hosting = 1and1/Dreamhost Typically one of my sites will include - HTML / CSS / PHP / Javascript / XML / ActionScript / MySQL