Is this all really worth it? (Was: More DTD)

Ok,

I have now gone completely off my rocker (and I am not even old yet.)

All this talk about, HTML 3.2 HTML 4.0, 401, Transitional, Strict, XHTML
1.0, and different DTD's has gotten me completely confused as to what the
heck to do with my code and how much time I spend on each and every page.
Considering at least 4 to 5 pages change weekly, and possibly a few more
major transitions are going to take place as well. I spend anywhere from 2
to 4 hours a week making 5 minutes worth of changes and updates, and the
rest of the time just trying to get the pages to validate, or be valid code.

Is this all really worth it?

Maybe I am not using the right software.  I have found that using software
like Dreamweaver4 has some great advantages to usability by non-code aware
folks.  I work on and try to maintain a Church web site.  Now I don't get
paid in $ to do this but feel that I am doing a far better job then the last
webmaster. I have gotten the Church a domain name, a hosting site, and a
similar look and feel to all the pages within the site.  But I am very
afraid of trying to do more as it will impact my time with family and other
more important priorities in my life.

Now here is my problem, I just spent over 20 hours of transitioning my code
to be XHTML 1.0 Trans compliant but as soon as I make an update, something
gets messed up and I spend hours trying to fix it while maintaining the
ability to use Dreamweaver to keep updating the pages. (The biggest use I
get out of Dreamweaver is the Library and Template feature.) Does anyone
have a "system" in place that they could share with me and the other list
members on maintaining a site and keeping the code compliant and error free
with minimal time to implement? (i.e. it isn't your primary job)

Thanks for your input and comments in advance,
Matt Seaver
http://www.newwinecc.org/
webmaster(at)newwinecc.org
mseaver(at)bigfoot.com (list member address)

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