If you wanted to set up your own site without professional-level web developer help, WordPress is a very nice tool, and has some nice templates available, although you have to be careful not to go overboard installing every plugin under the sun … because then your site could suddenly go blank, and you won’t know how to fix it And then you’ll need technical assistance anyway. This *does* happen, so if you do install WordPress, here are the essential plugins I would recommend; All in One SEO Pack, Google Analytics for WordPress, Google XML Sitemaps, Sociable, WP-SpamFree, WP Super Cache.