Niche Designer

So far I have not paid a single penny for any niche site building products. I have a total of 9 sites right now, and they were all hand coded lovingly by me. However, now I’m tired and frustrated, and not feeling quite so lovingly about the whole thing. Google penalized me, my server went down yesterday, and thus I’m in a rather cynical bout. So I figured that if I bought software that made the process easier, maybe I could create sites faster, see more profits, and feel less cynical in general. I want something that can create large sites fast. And I want it to be customizable. I know php, so I’ll probably want to tinker under the hood. I don’t want a program that’ll blow up if i try to change something. Also, I just can’t see spending over $100 for software, no matter how much you convince me I’ll gain it all back. So far I’m looking at Content Creator Pro but I’m not sure I like the fact that it’s browser based. I’ve looked into XSite Pro too, but it seemed like it was little to basic for my tastes. Does anyone have any other ideas or suggestions? Any php coders out there who have a favorite?