You can now proceed with a page for your website. I practice using my pages there to make sure all he links work. He set it up, just as you use md to make a directory. You don't have to use ftp, but that is how professionals move data on the internet. We will be using ftp when we import genome data from national data bases in the genome pages of this site.
Some functions work only on saved .htm files.
The middle line of tools set bullets, and justification as shown by their respective icons. You can jump from editor to browser by clicking on the steering wheel or pencil icons. You can have lots of templates, and use the one best suited for the page you plan to write. Once your web site is in good condition, you can register it with AltaVista, and others, online. Their crawlers will visit your site within hours and list your site in accordance with a researcher's Boolean request.