You need to know if your provider will let you run what are called CGI scripts - that's what Moveable Type is. Back in 1994, no one cared and many ISPs let you run them with no regard to security... these days, only actual webhosts will allow you to do that. Moveable Type needs access to an SQL type or Berkeley DB database. This means you may have to get special permission from your ISP (if it's local and friendly) to house one for you, or purchase webhost with added CGI and SQL database costs.
I believe there might even be a host that specializes in Moveable Type journals. I can't find that website currently.
I would start with blogger.com and see if it's something for you. I think they have a journal download facility if you wish to back-up your entries in case you decide to move.
I started with the following pages:
- index - showed links to last 3 recent entries, nice title graphic etc.
- archive - listed all of my entries
- entry - each entry, just copy/pasted a blank HTML file every time I added an entry with new entry text.
Everytime I made an entry, I had to change four files - the index, the archive, the current entry and I updated the link in the last entry to point to the latest one.
It got overwhelming every time I wanted to post an update... let's not forget to mention I then had to keep track of which files I edited and then upload them to my webhost. I've since moved my journal to a more advanced system, and I coded my own in the PHP programming language.
If you want to learn HTML, I highly recommend
Writing HTML. I took lessons from that website just after it went live and have never looked back.