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davidcyclebackMy site, cycleback.com, is made using Adobe PageMill-- which you buy on CD.  You can make a simple or complex web site, and beginners can learn how to use it (will need the instruction book).  I have a domain name and my web hosting/space is done through my normal email provider.  I've had a web site since the 1990s and have always used PageMill.  Perhaps I'm out of date by now, but it works for me.
Once you make your web page(s), it's then a matter of figuring how to upload to the pages to your domain/space-- which isn't hard.