I'm afraid Dreamweaver for me was like Photoshop CS2 must be like to an absolute newbie. I simply couldn't get my head round how it worked. I'm now using Serif WebPlus9 and amvery pleased with. Essentially it works in a DTP kind of way ie WYSIWYG however the web features are quite powerful. Its easy toget to know and use, has its own built in ftp but creates all the code in a separate folder if you want. My current site
HERE was created with it. Needs a few tweaks but I'm pleased overall. The galleries were done with JAlbum, and a plugin I bought