So I\'m inexperienced in hosting DB\'s and I\'ve always had the luxury of someone else getting the db setup.
I was going to help a friend out with getting a webpage
I would strongly recommend against access from web work, its just not designed for it and given that SQL server express is free there is no reason not to give it a go.
You can migrate the data over by using the SQL server upsizing wizard, here is a link for help on using that feature
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/237980