http://modxcms.com/
Go there and get their software (cms type of software), get a template ... and be happy.
Dreamweaver is sweet for table layout (not sure about newer versions and how it handles CSS). I too rely on just a simple app like text/notepad.
Dreamweaver, web builder, etc ... apps like to fill your html with all kinds of unwanted html code and sometimes just gets a bit hairy.
You could look at the old Netscape suit which used to include a web builder capabilites. It's free and does almost the same as those $400 apps.
Wordpress is good.
Ruby on Rails is good.
Zope is also good. But it's based in python ... not a bad language, it's just not as prevalent as php or now ruby.
I like modx because it's php and the community is just awesome. If I didn't have such a huge investment of learning in PHP I would go with Ruby
