Anyone know a good website software that is cheap and effective

I assume you mean web design software but I love using Kompozer, made by same ppl who made Firefox, its free and great to use :)

kompozer.net/

I'm currently writing a hub on this topic that I hope to finish in the next couple of days. I'll beocme your fan and I'll let you know directly when it's done. Hope that helps :)

I am using Joomla for my company website.

If you buy web hosting with Fantastico Deluxe features you could easily setup content management softwares such Joomla, Drupal & Mambo to setup your company website.

Using CMS you can have professional looking website for fraction of cost.

There a lot of companies selling beautiful templates for CMS system.

You only need to pay for the domain, web hosting and maybe the CMS templates.

Wordpress is always free and very powerful. If you're looking for design, it depends on your platform. Are you using Windows, PC, Mac?

If you want an application, Coffee Cup is not bad.

Otherwise, Joomla and Wordpress are great because they're free and you do all the editing through the browser. Although I used to use Dreamweaver commercially, it's nice not having to lug the "Dreamweaver PC" about when I want to do basic edits.

You could sign up for a free wordpress account at www.wordpress.com, and see how you get on.

If you're into learning HTML, try http://w3schools.com/

This is a great site for open source HTML editors, you might find something for your needs here too:

http://sourceforge.net/search/?type_of_search=soft

Good luck with the site :)

p.s. check out my hubpages and blog for some information on how to make your website more effective by making it user-friendly.