It depends on what type of server you are going to use! ASP or php?
If asp then can you use ms access, cfm java and cdonts and so on. You must look at what the server supports before building.
If you don't have any idea what the site should look like then do a search for website templates. You will be able to download some templates and edit them to fit your information and so on.
without know some of the basics this is the only answer I can give you.
Here is a question!
What do you want your site to do?