I swear by DW and have recently upgraded to MX. I would recommend getting a book called Visual Quickstart Guide to Macromedia Dreamweaver MX by Tarin Towers. I loved his DW4 book and it's pretty easy to understand. I am rebuilding our chapter site but will be doing it all as Photoshop slices and creating rollovers that way.
And if you want a cheap domain, check out www.caltheta.com. I wrote a lil blurb about it in "Chapter Operations."
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