Courtesy of Trevor VH, Victoria BC
I do web design professionally and have worked with all the major free web platforms. I have regretted it every time I haven’t used WordPress. Once it’s set up, it’s extremely easy to use. It’s similar to editing a word document.
Note that there are 2 separate wordpress platforms, one at wordpress.com and one at wordpress.org. I strongly prefer the wordpress.org version, which you download and install on your own server. It takes a bit more technical know-how but is much cheaper in the long run and lets you customize to a much greater extent. I did the site for Mason Street Farm and a couple other farm sites, if you want to see what WordPress looks like in action:
www.masonstreetfarm.com
www.islandshire.com
www.pedaltopetal.com