I use Xsitepro for sales letters , however its not good for real websites. I have little ( assume none) knowledge in html and i would prefer not needing to learn any. I currently have: Dreamweaver 8 Frontpage 2000 Xsitepro at my use.
what sort of site do you want to run? if its an ecommerce site you can use oscommerce for free and upload products via admin panel then edit the image to make it look a little different.
Frontpage would be the easiest program to use to create a simple webpage, cause the functions work like how you process text in MWord. For more advance webpages, I'd suggest you to use Macromedia Dreamweaver. It'd also rely on what kind of webpage you'd want to come out with. Good luck exploring and making your webpage.
Ok Now.. rating from out of 10 1. Front Page: Usability 8/10 Functionality 5/10 SE friendly 5/10 Over All 60% 2. DreamWeaver:Usability 7/10 Functionality 9/10 SE friendly 8/10 Over All 80% Usability: The rate of user friendliness Functionality: Web Development & Design Functions SE friendly: Search Engine Friendliness Thank you
So try to get familiar with the most common CMS scripts. You can find there many features that you will need.
i suggest you use frontpage basically in building a simple website then, as you learn the advance tools, you may use dreamweaver to produce professional looking websites. explore and discover techniques thru online tutorials.