How to make your own website

I personally don't like WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editors as they mask the complexity of web design - you will have to accommodate all sorts of screen resolutions and window widths and you don't have have a fixed grid like on a piece of, say, A4 paper.

However, if you are starting out and want to put together a few pages then maybe Dreamweaver is for you.

I found setting window widths to be an utter pain in dreamweaver so having played with it I didn't buy it - So you rate 'Word Press' and the 'Joomla' - I like software that is intuitive - do these fit the bill? and its free you say