I you want to host your server or just for testing in order to verify your links and pages, you could download a free HTTP server software.
At http://www.zbserver.com, there's a simple but complete one, free !
A good URL to begin is http://www.trinity-is.com/freeware/Server_Software2.htm

There are plenty of free HTML authoring tools, Claris Homepage is a good one. Of course, there's Microsoft's Frontpage.