@lynda so great that you found a web developer you really like!

In my experience Wordpress is great and relatively easy to use, but I wouldn't want to do the designing myself. Last year I hired a graphic designer to create a website for me in Wordpress and it's been very easy for me to update and maintain. It also has this groovy SEO tool that prompts you to make small changes in various fields to help each page rank - very useful, and I learned quite a bit about SEO in the process.