Hostgator Questions : Very new and very confused

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I am very new to all of this..I naively (sp?) thought this was going to be a lot easier than it has turned out to be. I have practically no experience with type of stuff, so please be patient with me as I ask my very simple questions…lol.

What is an FTP and why do I need one…what is the actualy purpose and when will I need to use it?

My account was activated yesterday, I’m pretty sure it is still being propagated (whatever that means..lol), but can I start building my site in the meantime? I have registered with Site Studio and have an account there now…just can’t access it yet, but would really love to get started on building my site.

Also, what is the difference in using Site Studio verses using the templates on my cpanel? I can access the templates and download in html to my computer but can’t seem to get the darn thing to run, is this where the FTP comes in?

Okay, so any help for this inexperienced newbie is greatly appreciated!

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