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Plizo, our point is that without a knowlege of HTML and CSS, there is no way to effectivly design a website. Look and feel is important, but useless unless coupled with good layout, navigational structure, accesibility, compatibility and information architecture. A talented print designer can do great mock-ups of a "static" webpage, but how do they know it will translate to the web? They don't, unless they understand the technologies supporting the design.
I'm not saying you have to be an expert HTML/CSS coder, but you certainly need to know how to convert your PSD to an actual website. There are other things to consider than a simple static image, like DHTML, JavaScript... things you can't really add to a PSD template, or at least not effectivly without understanding how it works (or at least a basic understanding).
As advice to "web designers" with no HTML/CSS skills, learn it, you will go a lot further.