New To Web Design, How To Get Started?

Just looking for some advice on what I need, I have used Dreamweaver before and have a little bit of web design experience (by little I mean not much at all!)
I was just wondering what other Adobe software I would need along side Dreamweaver to build and maintain a decent site, I basically want to know what other apps work alongside Dreamweaver to make the whole process run smoother and easier
Cheers for any help!

Hello,
Dreamwever is a good start for any web design project, also if you are doing the design side of things, Photoshop and Illustrator would be good additons to the toolbox for you web design projects.
Hope that helps,
Matt
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