New WordPress user

Hey guys, I just installed wordpress, everything seems to work just fine, so I”m trying to make my own blog for a website I’m doin (http://66.68.108.30:460/index.html) the right side is gonna be my 5 most current articles and they will link to another page where the respective article is iin the center content navigation. I’m not sure how to do this with WP though…… Where can I get a list of complete “tags” I could use to format my own pages?? Do I need to use the api? What should I do???
– Total Newb