Anyone know a good way to set up a professional(ish) website which allows good levels of editing but can cater for a 'n00b' who doesnt know anything but the basic html.

I'm thinking of creating a website which is simplistic and quickish to set up but allows a good level of editing and homing into what I want it to look like.

I've used geocities but its pretty much a teenage girl website for webpage editing and i've never been able to make it look anything more than that for myself.

I've also used tripod but there werent enough editing options available and you were pretty much left with default backgrounds and layouts (which were horrible)

Is it possible to host a livejournal on a webpage too? I've got a long running livejournal which I update daily. It'd be brilliant if that could be posted onto the webpage too.

I'm just looking for possible ideas right now which would need a webpage making website which caters for my needs but doesnt get too complicated. Any ideas?

learning php is the best way...myself, i'm lasy so i didnt learn much but it's an essencial language, which will improve your site for sure

Actually there is no difference between hosts when it comes to HTML, differences might be PHP and such but it's not needed to make a good looking basic website. Their editors may be different but it's all the same stuff. I used to make my webpages in Notepad first but nowadays I'm using Dreamweaver, you can download a tiral version from the Macromedia webpage and then you can "aquire" it later.

I myself use Dreamweaver. But if you are a n00b or something, you need to use the web editors. Free webs is a pretty good hosting for n00bs. It also makes ur site look really good . I used to use freewebs It was great

Free Hosts:
http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=16404

I use:
http://www.100webspace.com

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Originally posted by Nova
I myself use Dreamweaver. But if you are a n00b or something, you need to use the web editors. Free webs is a pretty good hosting for n00bs. It also makes ur site look really good . I used to use freewebs It was great

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Microsoft frontpage is also a good program.

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Originally posted by chris100
Microsoft frontpage is also a good program.

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Thanks for the help guys once again you show why this is the best place to go to for computer help!

I use front page and dreamweaver.  Front page is easier to use, but you can do some cool things with Dreamweaver if you know what your doing. 

Offtopic: Chris4 stop spamming before you get banned.