That depends. It's a "developer's tool," more so than it's a web page creation tool for a relative novice. If you've got some basic knowledge of website development, it shouldn't be too hard to pick up.
As a total noob at making websites, I find it kind of difficult to use. I've got the basic concepts of the div tag and stuff, but it's hard for me to grasp using the program as a whole. I've done basic and java programming so i'm not computer illiterate.
Dreamweaver is rarely used in webdesign/coding anymore. There's so many useful CMS systems, and notepad is generally what a lot of people use I made my own site and for fear of getting the banz0r for advertising, go ahead and PM me if you want me to send you the link for something to look at. I made it using a CMS (Content management system) but the theme was made in Indesign and Notepad.
Dreamweaver is great if you're familiar with coding. It's definitely not for noobs because not only will you have to learn HTML, you'll also have to learn how to use Dreamweaver. CMS is great too, but there's a learning curve to it as well. If you want a simple site google 'free website templates'. download the one you like and just swap images and content. again, you'll need some coding knowledge.
thanks guys, I have a self made website but it's very basic and I want a little more jazz, no flash though, I hate that crap
Joomla is supposed to be a really cool website template sort of thing. I've never used it myself. I'm going to eventually move my site to Wordpress. It's free, it's clever, and it looks nice. Apparently it's very common for people to use Wordpress not only as a blogging engine, but as a website infrastructure.
Joomla, Wordpress, Silverstripe (What I use) are all CMS (Content Management Systems) They're pretty easy to implement and modify. The tricky part is templating/designing
