When I ask for visitors to e mail me I press "insert link" and am asked for url with the http, etc. I am unable to figure this out. In addition I would like to be able to edit in dreamweaver (CS4) but being a novice do not seem to be able to call up individual pages to edit. Just learning php etc.

you should check out one of the contact plugins. Do a google search with 'wordpress contact plugin' and try out one or two.