What do you guys use for making websites?

[Greeksquared]

I'd like to first state that I am completely clueless
and this is my first attempt making a real website.


I am going to be making a couple different websites, one memorial and one personal probably blog-type thing. I was wondering what you guys did to start your website. I bought dreamweaver 8 and a tutorial book from adobe and will just use the stuff I learn from the book to create. I also want to know what hosting companies are best for making a blog.

Also, how does one create a website without an editor like dreamweaver...just a straight up html editor??

Any other beginning advice is great.