Back in high school we were forced to use FrontPage for a web design project, I wasn't that keen mainly because I was much more interested in learning how to create a website rather than learning how to use a program to create a website.

But in terms of starting out, and for those who don't mind these kinds of tools it's one of the best, there's always Dreamweaver too.

Now I don't use any tools to create websites, except a simple text editor and Adobe Photoshop to create the graphics, I find it much easier.