I was going to use XSitePro2 to develop the new site, and it would have been mega.
However, Google had me indexed. That would have meant a whole bunch of changes, and really, I wasn't completely happy with XSitePro2. It was great and all, but for SEO stuff, IMHO, you just can't go past WordPress. There were just some issues that I didn't feel comfortable with using XSitePro2 to publish the new site.
There are so many plugins and stuff though for WordPress..... its hard to know what not to install! (That's a topic for a whole other post!)
So if you want to get your own website up and running, head on over to Do It Yourself Webserver / Hosting, do the lessons, and let me know how you go.