I use this: https://www.yola.com/
You would have to copy and paste the code into their HTML widget, though. It’s not FTP. But you can immediately host from there for free.
I’m not sure what you’re trying to accomplish. I’m kind of in the same boat and started building a few websites in the last two years.
This also comes in handy, if you don’t want to mess with the actual code but yet want to understand the code as you’re building. http://www.kompozer.net/
One thing I plan on doing is having a section called "Who Said What?" which will list, and source, what people in the government say so when people say something like "Oh, Obama couldn't have said that" all you have to do is look it up, point to the article, and say, "Umm, wanna bet?"