It doesn't.  DreamHost is a great hosting service, but it is just that, a hosting service.  Only site building tools is an easy installation of things like WordPress or Joombla.

Er, we're talking about the same thing. Which is why I was confused. It could be that certain web hosts don't allow certain functions, or don't have the right version of X on their servers, which allow you to run Wordpress properly.

I am one of those who knows nothing about website design, so I was getting frustrated and not getting anywhere.  GoDaddy isn't the greatest hosting sites, in fact, they do tend to nickel and dime you a bit.  One of their chief complaints.  But, their website builder allows those without knowledge to put up something semi-decent.  So, on that front, the Superbowl did its job of selling the service to me.  Looking at it form that angle, it makes sense.  If you go to GoDaddy's site and look at the WebSite Builder option, it fully focuses on Puppets by Gwen. 

I'd normally offer to help, but right now in the middle of two site redesigns and am well, frankly, at banging-my-head-against-a-table point. But if you do want some minimal advice, let me know. On a side note, I mentioned ditching Wordpress, so it's possible your problems are familiar to me and I may be able to point you in the right direction. I got about 2/3 of the way through creating a site using it so I have some rudimentary knowledge of how templates work.

(First advice: DON'T use Joomla. It's shite. It will take you forever to get working, longer to do a template, and is constantly being hacked with all their modules and plugins. Horrid! Second piece of advice: make sure you install a good security plugin on your Wordpress site. It's also a big hacker target)

I did go to the Website Builder page but didn't notice their promotion of Gwen. I was mainly focused on what they offered. Website builder is good for when you just want someplace to put content, but you can quickly outgrow it if you need more 'stuff'. I suspect that's why her Tumblr blog is embedded, because the website builder doesn't actually have a blog option out of the box.

It's been about 8 years since I last used a website builder. I knew nothing too, but was willing to learn

Added for clarification:

'Site builder' is usually a different thing than a CMS (Wordpress, Joomla, etc). A site builder is usually something like: pick a colour scheme, pick a layout (2 column or three), add a page title, add some content, add an image; press publish. A CMS is somewhat different and allows for far more functionality, including installation and tweaking of everything within the template; more stuff like web forms, blogs, polls, etc.

So there may be some confusion as to what I was saying. Gwen's site is most definitely the former and not the latter. Source code clearly says "Starfield Technologies; Go Daddy Website Builder v7.0.78". So once again it's not clear if she's paid for "web design" or "website builder", the former being at low-pay version of web design most likely with a tweaked template; or if she's paid for "web builder" which is simply a program on their end that's plug-and-play with no involvement of web designers at all.

... The other clarification is that I'm not sure if you meant "I've given up on Wordpress and am using a web builder" or "I'm using Wordpress but moved to GD".

I have given up on using WordPress and have switched to GoDaddy to use their Site Builder.  Yeah, Joomla was only installed for a few minutes before I gave up on that one. 

I have given up on using WordPress and have switched to GoDaddy to use their Site Builder.  Yeah, Joomla was only installed for a few minutes before I gave up on that one. 

Ah ok. My misunderstanding then

Wordpress is ok, but the key thing about installing a CMS is that each one has it pros and cons. Basically you should try out a bunch and find one that you're comfortable with and does what you want. It's easy to think that because Wordpress is so popular that it's the right fit for every site. If a site builder is good for you and does all the tricks you need it to, then that's what you should use.

Joomla on the other hand should just be taken out for a nice trip to the farm