is expression web good to start?

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well as the title .. is expression web good to start?
i am fairly nu to web design and got my hands on web expression. i worked with frontpage before to put together some pretty lame and simple sites.
i started with expression web now but i want to put together something nice.

i want to start off with a regular blog style site and then later .. much later add a store (e-commerce) and a forum.

i thought i am smart and downloaded a template and started tinkering and it came out to something but i am far from happy and feel i am putting more work in then needed.

i want to start from scratch. i am open to many ideas and willing to learn.
if anybody feels like giving me a hand, thanks.

here is what i have so far:
http://www.codisha.com
still many broken links etc, it's a work in progress

this is hosted local on a 2003 server with IIS6 and asp.net

let me know if you need anymore info
thanks