Check out Neocities or Nekoweb, It's a simple and free hosting service for static indie websites. If you ever need to use a lot of images, use Catbox. Great tool for hosting images externally, if you ever run out of space on the main hosting service. Use Sublime Text for code editing, It's as minimal as it gets. I've also heard Neocities has tutorials on basics of HTML and CSS.
Start with a simple HTML introduction page, without any crazy CSS styling to avoid spaghettifying the site and to keep the learning curve low. Only then start playing with CSS, to slowly add more stuff onto it. For now you can just write blogs in separate .html files and redirect to them form the main site, but making a whole browsable section for blogs is worth it. Use JPEGs instead of PNGs to keep it fast and light. It's also easier to start making the site locally and then upload everything to the hosting service. Check how the site looks on different devices and screen proportions. Make backups freequently, just in case something breakes or you need to try out something new.
Are you looking for a host, or just a website? If you don't want server space, you can just make the files that maker up an actual webpage and build things from scratch with HTML, PHP, and if you want to make a login/data storage system, XXAMP and SQL. If it's for a grade you can just submit the files, though who ever's grading it would also need to have xxamp and would need to import your database to see whatever features use the database. The HTML/PHP stuff you can just send, and should be pretty easy to open I think. Been a while since I've made a webpage, so I could be wrong. Lots of tutorials for getting started
Also, I usually use VScode the actual code writing. There's also JavaScript if you want some funky, interactive stuff for your webpage, but all Java languages are the devil's work and should not be trusted.
I used to have a Neocities. It takes a while to learn HTML and CSS, which are the essentials, but they're skills you can carry for pretty much your whole life. Also, the learning curve isn't as bad as, like, Blender 3D, lol. Just be wary of how much time you have for this exam. Websites like w3schools, Mozilla MDN labs, and Stack Overflow will save your butt. They're excellent teachers. W3schools has step-by-step guides for different coding languages!!
As GALA said, Neocities and Nekoweb are free. The Neocities user interface is super easy. You can drag and drop your files to update/upload your website. If you need to upload videos and/or audio, you'll need to pay per month, but it's SUPER cheap. I don't know what Nekoweb charges for, but it's cheap too.
Sad and Weary recommended Visual Studio Code for the coding. I've used it and it's pretty good (and free!). A lotta extensions available. I use Pheonix Code, though. There's also Notepad++.
JavaScript is not required for a website. HTML and CSS are. Do not worry about JavaScript when you are on a time limit. It's cool, but kicking my arse, haha.
Wordpress, Weebly, and so on SUCK! They don't use any coding. Instead, they use drag-and-drop boxes with a shitton of paywalls. These drag-and-drop systems aren't even standardised across the businesses. They're like if Carrd and Strawpage were greedy, boring, and even more tedious.
Website development is hard at first, but it becomes really fun!! If you're on Tumblr, you can join the Neocities community for advice. I don't think they mind if you're on Nekoweb. It's all the same advice, anyway. Best of luck! (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧
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If you ever need to use a lot of images, use Catbox. Great tool for hosting images externally, if you ever run out of space on the main hosting service.
Use Sublime Text for code editing, It's as minimal as it gets.
I've also heard Neocities has tutorials on basics of HTML and CSS.
Start with a simple HTML introduction page, without any crazy CSS styling to avoid spaghettifying the site and to keep the learning curve low. Only then start playing with CSS, to slowly add more stuff onto it.
For now you can just write blogs in separate .html files and redirect to them form the main site, but making a whole browsable section for blogs is worth it.
Use JPEGs instead of PNGs to keep it fast and light.
It's also easier to start making the site locally and then upload everything to the hosting service.
Check how the site looks on different devices and screen proportions.
Make backups freequently, just in case something breakes or you need to try out something new.
Good luck with the grade!
As GALA said, Neocities and Nekoweb are free. The Neocities user interface is super easy. You can drag and drop your files to update/upload your website. If you need to upload videos and/or audio, you'll need to pay per month, but it's SUPER cheap. I don't know what Nekoweb charges for, but it's cheap too.
Sad and Weary recommended Visual Studio Code for the coding. I've used it and it's pretty good (and free!). A lotta extensions available. I use Pheonix Code, though. There's also Notepad++.
JavaScript is not required for a website. HTML and CSS are. Do not worry about JavaScript when you are on a time limit. It's cool, but kicking my arse, haha.
Wordpress, Weebly, and so on SUCK! They don't use any coding. Instead, they use drag-and-drop boxes with a shitton of paywalls. These drag-and-drop systems aren't even standardised across the businesses. They're like if Carrd and Strawpage were greedy, boring, and even more tedious.
Website development is hard at first, but it becomes really fun!! If you're on Tumblr, you can join the Neocities community for advice. I don't think they mind if you're on Nekoweb. It's all the same advice, anyway. Best of luck! (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧