I figured it might be useful to pass along a list of links I've curated for hosting, layout, and tool/widget resources that a lot of people apparently like. (also includes some layouts and tutorials by yours truly) (also now that I look at it I have some more things I can add to it so I'm going to do that this afternoon)
(also, if you want to put a button on your website that notes you're a cohost alumni, someone's got that covered)