Resolved Question

I can visualize what I'd like to set up. Something along the lines of a building to enter with rooms containing different content: e.g. music room, home theater, library,etc. I just haven't had the time to find out what software would be the best to get me there.

There is a trade-off which you need to be aware of.
Imagine you are building a car, there are two basic ways:

1. You can start with some metal, and build it all yourself - it takes longer, is harder work, but you get exactly what you want. That's Notepad. Dreamweaver helps out a lot, but it's still raw metal.

2. You buy an engine already complete. You buy a kit for the bodywork. Building the car from these pre-built components is a lot faster, and easier, but you don't have complete freedom to get exactly what you want. This is the Wordpress, Joomla, (and I'm guessing) XsitePro approach.

I personally always found my creativity was stifled at some stage with option 2. If you go that route, don't look at the features of the products, look at their demo websites to see if someone has created something like what you want. And join the forums, to ask if what you want is possible.

It's easy to buy something that creates a beautiful website very quickly - it's just missing those 2 or 3 features you really want.

If you choose option 1 - then getting up and running will take longer - possibly a lot longer depending on the complexity of your ideas, and what you know already. The saving grace is anything you have seen on the web - you can do. And maybe, even do something entirely new.....