I get all of this except for the ftp with my road runner account. Most broadband services offer it as a part of the package. My daughter taught herself how to create web pages in the 4th grade so I think you can manage fine. There is a ton of free information out there and once you have the domain you can get started. I really recommend Front Page Express to get yourself started and you can find plenty of other freebie stuff out there including html and xml tutorials. I brought my daughter to work with me on the 'Bring Your Daughter to Work' day and of course emergencies at work happened so I couldn't spend anytime with her. To keep her busy I did a quick search and let her do the tutorials on a computer that had an internet connection external from the network (we have some systems on dsl and cablemodem for testing purposes to mimic our customers configurations). She had 3 websites set up that day. When I got home I immediately installed eblaster on her computer. :o)

Do a search and start checking the possiblities out:

http://www.bluehost.com/
http://www.doteasy.com/

http://www.davesite.com/webstation/html/
http://www.htmlgoodies.com/
http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/

http://www.thecoo.edu/~iverson/fpetutorial/frontpage_express_tutorial.htm
http://www.cdli.ca/~blane/writing.htm
http://support.shaw.ca/webspace/basics2.htm



>I am considering creating a web page for myself. I would want enough space to
>hold the web content, minimum of 5 email addresses, and FTP capability.
>
>[] Should I set up my own server, or buy space somewhere else?
>
>[] Where can I go to secure a domain name?
>
>[] My HTML skills are minimal. I don't want to spend a small fortune getting a page
>done. Where can I go?
>
>Thanks