>Can you code a site, or assemble one from available materials?

I do it all the time. I do all the programming at my own sites and at the DigitalNovelists.com cluster of sites, which I host/run. Tell me what you need.

ETA: Examples of my work, besides my own and the DN cluster:

http://www.perfoom.com/
http://www.weblit.us/
http://www.loveinidleness.com/
http://www.writersdojo.org/