dreamweaver you kind of have to know what you're doing - least that's been my experience with it.
CoffeeCup - HTML Editor, Flash & Web Design Software - Is pretty easy to use... they have a lot of flash tools (insert shudder here) and a visual site designer that I think would be right up your alley... it's very WYSIWYG... buidl the page on your desktop (either mac or pc last i checked - then upload it to hostgator...
