Creating an awesome web page

Hi guys,
This is formally my first post apart from my intro and must say I am so proud to be here. I really am not that great like all you guys here when it comes to tech but I am trying I must say.
I am in the process of putting my skills together and promoting them in the form of a web page. THere is only one problem..... the web page. I have NO IDEA where to start.
I know I can figure out how to organise the name, site etc. but where I am stuck is essentially the best program to use to do the job. I really want a slick look and although this really all depends on my design, obviously the program needs to be satisfactory to do the job.
I haver heard some people say when you have Adobe Master Collection you need NOTHING ELSE, others say different. So I thought no one better to ask than here so if any of you can shed some light on this, that would be great.
BTW I am a MAC user so keep that in mind, as this hopefully does not get me into too many restrictions.
Also, I may not be able to use the program you may suggest, but will learn, that is however if the program isn't like ridiculously hard to navigate.
Also, while I am here I would also love to ask if any of you guys know of any Mac programs (not apps) that create professional photo collages.
Hope to hear from you soon,
tinygeek:cool

 

I get alot from Amazon reviews. You might try putting together a list of the ones you like the most and then comparing the reviews. Here is Amazon's list of software that they have reviews for:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000887971

If you know of others that you are familiar with, you can Google the software title + Amazon + review to get good user reviews...

 

My mistake...thanks plodr...

 

I am one that says different! I use a number of tools from the Master Collection, but I am unable to use Dreamweaver - it's simply too confusing (for me).

First you need to decide if you want to use a WYSIWYG tool, or if you want to learn HTML/CSS/JavaScript. After that you can go and look for the appropriate tool for Mac.

 

WordPress is cross-platform and there are many free templates available.
Some of those themes look really sharp and polished.
wikipedia: WordPress

youtube - What is WordPress

About WordPress

WordPress Requirements

There are How To videos at YouTube.
Here is a link via TinyURL:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/c32g95g

WordPress Forums: Themes for Mac

IMHO, taking on the task of learning HTML, CSS and maybe javascript is way to big a task for what you want to do.