Hi inova,
Welcome to biorust. Yep this IS a great place with great people. I've been gone for about 9 months and I've been going through biowithdrawal. I saw your post and thought I'd reply. I've been doing websites lately and thought I'd pass this on to you.
I just created a few sites using simple wysiwyg programs. One is homestead.com and the other is coffeecup.com. Coffee Cup cost $50.00 and you download it. Homestead has a free editor, but you have to use their hosting. I like CoffeeCup, it's easy to use.
This is my site I created using CoffeeCup to create, and freehostia.com for my host.
BeachsideWebs and photo restoration
Good luck, and welcome aboard.