hao!
if you're trying to make a personal website, I suggest that you use wordpress...
it is easy to customize
it has a lot of extensions, and themes that are free to download
it is easy to code themes and extensions (version 2.3 will make this easier I believe)
other than this there are a lot of options, check your cpanel and look for fantastico... just follow the guide, and then voila an instant portal, blog, forum etc.
the best thing is it's free (cms's in fantastico are free, and so is the site hosting + cpanel)! be glad you found x10hosting, other hosts with these features usually cost bucks, and awful support...
note :
I had problems with wordpress when I was using the basic PHP package. I suggest you pick a package that allows SUHOSIN.
If you think that pre-made scripts can't satisfy your taste in making web sites, there are a lot of tutorials on the web.
learn php at
http://php.net <- look for tutorials in their docs
learn actionscrit at
http://actionscripts.org
learn almost everything else at
http://w3schools.org
PEACE!