Am i an idiot or is building website freaking confusing?

you can't really just put all of your stuff there unless you host through someone. i had a similar problem with my website www.ladytazendra.com i knew what i wanted to put there, but had no clue as to go about it. so, i decided to do some research and discovered that i needed a web hosting company to do what i needed done. i decided to use www.diminar.com to host my website. i sent them all of the information i wanted to post on my web site, and they were able to put it up for me! once you decided upon a host, they usually will have options to upload your own files through ftp or other means, or if you have a slower connection, you may be able to mail them your files and images on a cd for them to post for you. although they may charge for this, depending on who you use. i use ftp for my website and it's really easy. it's like having a folder on your computer to move the files to. the only way i know you could do this yourself is if you own your own hosting server and know a lot about html coding. hope this helped! good luck!