OT, but you guys know everything!!! What web page design software should I use?

I'm taking over our company website and need some suggestions
concerning what software I use.

The previous person who created and maintained our website did it in
Frontpage 2000. Just having played with FP I see that It's quite a
bit different than the HTML that I'm used to seeing. FP extensions
create all these _vti_cnf hidden directories and make a real mess of
everything (or so I think).

In addition to that, he used "hover buttons" on our theme and many of
our pages. As a result these buttons are "java". While I love java I
have to be realistic in that every PC shipped with XP and above did
NOT have java installed so many many users won't be able to navigate
our website or it will appear broken. I want to make sure I'm correct
in my assessment here. Is this true? I have a laptop without java
installed and the buttons appear as empty boxes (broken links).

So as a part of the website re-design I think I'm going to eliminate
java because of this problem. Set me straight here if I'm wrong.
Again, I love java, install it as a part of every desktop I build, but
most people don't.

Now, should I keep using frontpage 2003 or go with something else? If
I'm going to invest the time to learn a web design package I might as
well go in the right direction. If one much more preferred than the
others or are they all pretty much the same?

I just dont' want to invest a lot of time and re-build our webite just
to find out I should have used something else.

As always, I really appreciate your comments. Sorry I'm off topic
here, but you guys do know the most about most things and I respect
your opinions.

Regards,

Roveer
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