Front Page = evil True. It writes terrible code and restricts what you can do. Starting off with Front Page will give you a warped idea of what is possible and popular with web pages. I teach and use Dreamweaver and would definitely recommend it. DW makes design easy and infinitely flexible, writes great code that can be understood by all browsers (not just M$ Internet Exploder), and can quickly repay your investment in it. Having said all that, I never admit anyone to my DW course who hasn't already learnt HTML. It's just not worth it: their lack of understanding means that they never get past newbie stage. HTML is simple to learn and vital for knowing what you're doing - you won't regret learning it. Good luck and good fun :-)