I have used PHP and Perl and Python, even a little Java, but for most purposes static HTML is best, and allows people to find my content they want using ixquick or whatever. I type it up in Xcode to have the syntax highlighting. It aint beeeyoutiful, but it makes the info accessible (in contrast, I've seen quite a few sites wrecked in face-lifts and other "enhancements", a few of them repeatedly).

I dinked with several of the GUI web page generators, but they were all defective, always getting in the way at some crucial point. A relative was top R&D exec at one of the popular content management software outfits, but I never saw enough value there. Javascript and .net are just evil.