Is the fastest way to build a website using a content management system (CMS) ? I'm not sure if I want to learn HTML the old fashioned way if using today's software can speed up the process and make the website appear more professional.
I'm primarily concerned about the pace of development and how professional, "pretty", the website looks. I think one of my college professors made his website from scratch. While I'm sure it took a lot of time and effort, the end result was that it looks like a website from 1996.
Maybe I'm looking for a better alternative. Is CMS the best way or is there something else?