Omol, it's bad form to say others are giving poor advice. None of us has a corner on good advice, possibly including you.
Beautiful sites can be created with Dreamweaver. Although I prefer it, there is also no need to know any code, either.
CSS design is great, and it's the way to go, but this guy wants to learn the basics, and that's what we're telling him.
Have you actually designed any sites (Just curious). Is spell check featured in your editor?
Ok I made this post last night and at the firm i used to work for I had to fix problems with companys websites that were outsourced again and again because of bad coding, sites had been exploited, the design and layout was very bad and the loss of customer trust had cost some companys very dearly. Because there are not many business laws in India they had lost thousands and in some cases ten's of thousands of pounds and could not recover these losses (Not including loss of earnings). It has nothing to do with valued and skilled people coming to this country but the amount of bare faced lies being told by dev's if you can call them that coming from India. I state and i will state again, this was in no means ment to spark a mass argument and in no way was i being prejudice. I would edit my post but unfotuanlty can not, so please can a mod delete the last sentence or post completly. Sorry for anyone that i may have affended.
The bad advice i was refering to was telling someone to get dreamweaver and learn how to code a website. This is not coding!
By the way, I am the lead dev for one of the biggest web design companys in the world and have designed, coded and managed sites you most probally see and use everyday. And no I can not spall, hence why i am not a copywriter.......