Fast website development?

I'm primarily a print designer, but more of my clients are requesting web-based solutions. I've designed about 10 websites total, but all of them were done with GoLive, for which I received professional training. Although I own Dreamweaver CS5, my working knowledge of this application is very limited.
Having said that, here is my problem. I need to quickly design a simple 10 page website for a client and I only have about a week to do so. I'm concerned that the learning curve for Dreamweaver is going to be too steep for me to be able to do this on short order.
Since the only working knowledge I have of a website development program is GoLive, am I better off jumping into Dreamweaver or using a simpler website development program like Rapidweaver or Freeway? I understand that both of these applications can't import existing code, but since I'm starting from scratch that shouldn't be a problem.
However, if I should choose to use Rapidweaver or Freeway for the initial development, I would like the option of being able to import the existing code into Dreamweaver at a later time with little or no modification. Is that possible?
Any help or advice is greatly appreciated.

It depends on your level of knowing css and html how long it will take to get up to speed in DW. And your level of patience when running into the DW walls and limitations... (yes folks, there are limitations in DW compared to GL, particularly when it comes to site management).
There is a GL to DW user forum at Adobe where you might find some information.
You can also consult the oldest GoLive community on the internet here http://glhlists.com/golive - which is the old community from the former Blueworld GoLive List, whose participants many have converted from GoLive to DreamWeaver and have the experiences and knowledge you might need. The community will always be ready to answer your questions and sort out the frustrations you will run into. Plus provide links to good free sources.
There are of course differences between GL and DW - particularly when it comes to site management and the UI - but in principle they do the same things only differently and for some things with other names on certain features. Adobe has lots of good information online that you can use too even if the specific info about Gl to DW is hard to find nowadays.
There are some free - but a bit old - resources too, like the following:
http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=1069E - which is a tutorial in 9 parts for Dramwever for GoLive Users.
http://layersmagazine.com/the-golive-to-dreamweaver-conversion-kit.html - which as an article in Layers Magazine from when the dath of GL was announced.
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/dreamweaver/articles/drwcs3_golivemigration.html# - tutorials about using the migration kit but can be used also if not using the migration kit
http://www.mindgraffiti.net/gl2dw-faq-for-common-problems/- FAQ for common problems when migrating
http://www.astonisher.com/archives/ripvanwinkle4.html#15000 - old but partly useful. A 9 step checklist when migrating.
http://www.adobe.com/devnet-archive/dreamweaver/golive_migration/content/using_gmk_extensi on.html - about the migration kit, but it has useful links at the bottom of the page.

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