piatkow - 11:35 am on Jan 10, 2011 (gmt 0)

To DESIGN a site the best tool is pencil and paper.

To BUILD I am not a MAC user so can't recommend any software but agree with the recommendations to master basic html. It isn't difficult, the basics can be mastered in a day although the complexities of stylesheets may take a little longer.

Don't forget that you can build and test html and javascript locally without uploading to the web.