setting up first blog

Elana, perhaps these might help:

http://websitesetupguide.com/basic/blog-wordpress.htm

http://blog-services-review.toptenreviews.com/

http://b2evolution.net/web-hosting/top-quality-best-webhosting.php

http://www.thesitewizard.com/blogging/secure-wordpress-blog.shtml

I'm sure more blog savvy folks will help...

 

 

A lot of people use the free service weebly provides and is n00b friendly. It uses prebuilt elements so you don't need to know HTML

http://www.weebly.com/

I used that before I moved to the free provided service of x90x, if you're ok with html. But I did get in when it was new and have way more features and space than the free service offers now.

x90x.net: Unlimited Web Hosting Plans

with x90x I created a Sins of a Solar Empire Modding site soase.x90x.net and have a subdomain for the Sacrifice of Angels 2 (SOA2) mod I am part of 
soa2.soase.x90x.net

Thanks Doc and myfist (BTW - nice to hear from you both - I've been away awhile). Always good to have experienced guides (you 2) help cut through all the info overkill on the web and get directly to effective guides and resources. Thank you so much.

Elana... You could try going here: http://desktop-art.info/forum/index.php?/user/337-boopish/  and sending her a message. She's quite knowledgeable ...