Downloaded FTP client: Now what?

Before you begin to build your website, you should really answer
these questions...

What is your website you're launching going to be about?

Who is your target market?

How are you going to reach your audience?

What products or services are you going to offer them?

Most importantly, what kind of content will you be offering them, not only
via your website, but your autoresponder series as well?

Before you even begin to design your website, you should answer some of
these questions to formulate a plan of action to follow.

A good alternative for you might be to start with a Wordpress blog,
if your server has Cpanel, login to your control panel, look for an Icon
called Fantastico, click it, then go look for Wordpress and install it,
by filling out the required fields.

You won't need to know HTML to get started, and this would be an easy
way for you to start putting content on your website.

There are a TON of resources in this forum.

Plus, you may want to check out this website:
Best Warrior Threads

It contains the best Warrior threads, and there's a wealth of information
in there for you to get started.

Good luck on your journey, get educated first, create a plan of action,
and follow it through!

Free WYSIWYG Web design stuff :

Nvu

Supposed to be pretty good. I use Dreamweaver, but it ain't cheap...

Go to HTML Goodies and get a basic knowledge of HTML.

Consider working with WordPress, it's very easy to upload
and it's great for managing your content.

I don't use FTP, instead I upload pages in batches using the
CPanel upload feature. FTP isn't even necessary and I find it
too confusing.

Don't try to get too technical and you will be just fine.

You should definitely start out with a wordpress blog. It will be so much easier for you to get started until you start learning things on the fly.