I use Microsoft Publisher for my web building which seems to be very uncommon here. 
I am thinking about buying Dreamweaver 8 because I hear it is easy to use and you can have webpages centered, and it comes with alot of nice tools, but when I got a Demo Version it seems very frustrating to use as when I post images in the page and they have to be in a certain area and not just drug anywhere like in Publisher. Many people say it is pretty easy to make nice pages so I want your opinions.
I am pretty good with coding but I generally use Design view and then edit the code to my liking to make it center and whatnot, so I am looking for a good website builder, that allows me to see what I am doing.
Would you recommend Dreamweaver or is there a better program that allows me to see what I am doing? (I have Frontpage 2003 but I hear that teaches people the wrong way of coding.) Dreamweaver is a good program to invest in. I used to before and it's very good. Luckily me I lost my disc and have no way to use it now. I actually miss it. It also good if you want to use Javscript, Flash, or any other media, cause it show the preview of the script.
I would say, just go and buy it. I used microsoft frontpage and it sucks. Dreamweaver is the best.
Dreamweaver id Good. Buy it.
It's good for a beginner to use the design mode, but if you're serious about making web pages you'll use the "code" mode. It's decent in both areas, so I suggest getting it.
Thanks boldstance, imagefree, and {name here} for your thoughts 
I decided I am going to get the entire Macromedia Studio 8 since I have used a trial version of flash and I think using Flash and Fireworks will be nice tools to add to my website as well. You may want to get Photoshop and Illustrator. I'd recommend purchasing either Adobe's Web Premium or Design Premium editions.
Just some thoughts.
yes i agree,
photoshop wil tie in nicely with dreamweaver because of its ability to slice images and such. You should consider it aswell.
Dream is not a thing easy or difficult. In starting few days you'll feel its tough, but its not. The important thing about Dreamweaver is that it is a professional website designing tool. Its much more powerful.
Since you seem to be using the Design tab, you should probably stick to Dreamweaver and master it. However people like me who haven't ever clicked on the Design tab should probably always use Notepad++.
P.S.: I just heard Dreamweaver CS4 beta is out! Dreamweaver is pretty easy to use once you learn how to use it. I have dreamweaver but I am still trying to teach myself how to use it. I'll be sure to check back here once I become more familiar myself. I'll also check back if I have any questions myself. Thanks for the thread.
Dreamweaver is easy. You just can add your text, images etc like you do in a text editor like Ms word. The best part is you can add other active contents like flash movies or java script. Also it' easy to develop css. if you are designing a website you can create a template and change pages without changing them individually. Try Help of dreamweaver you will learn a lot.
Dreamwaver is fantastic. But, it's time to get serious with your web development. When you make a Publisher website, which I used to (years ago), it was fantastic because you could easily layout everything quickly and simply and not worry about code. However, with Dreamweaver, I have found that using design view is fine for basic websites, but when you want to start creating complex CSS sites, you need to be confident in coding the entire thing from scratch and work with a web browser as a preview tool. So, I would suggest that you should start learning HTML code. It's not that complex and it has levels of difficulty, from simply making text bold to using a full CSS setup. Good luck, once you have started creating CSS websites, you'll never look back to Publisher- it generates code that Firefox can't read!
Dreamweaver is VERY easy to use, it'll finish off your line of code in most cases.
The best website coding software imo. (Notepad is #2)
i used Dreamweaver a couple of times, but i have to say - without basic html/css knowledge (which i have) you are not able to create a good site. Or you need to watch some Tutorials (what I did).
I think it's not the best WYSIWYG Editor for absolute beginners, maybe Adobe GoLive would be easier to use.
for you people who can code, Dreamweaver is a very good piece of software, although a little bit expensive. But it`s worth.
I think it's better to hand code in a text editor, then refresh firefox every few minutes to see it. However, I do think Dreamweaver is the best of the website programs.
One small comment to the above: use as much web browsers as possible (in means of the engine). Even though differences between Opera (Presto engine) and Safari (WebKit) and Firefox (Gecko) are really small (if any), it's worth testing them all.
But the most important thing is to test Internet Explorer as well - this is really hard one, it always serves problems... Hate it or love it, but don't forget the most popular web browser (unfortunatelly).
And the Dreamweaver - CS 3 is huuuuge, too much RAM it ate as for me. So I stayed with Notepad++ and/or VIM and background web browsers.
