How to get started???

[Darknight]

Ok I really want to create a website.

If you was going to start learning from scratch, where would you start???
I tried finding tuts but I find stupid ones like editing a template....

I can not find like a list of skills I need to work on and understand.
I just cant find my level of starting and its really annoying so maybe someone else has some suggestions/lists of decent tuts to get a newbie in to the advanced side of things.........

So yeah, looking for a "lession guide" type thing to advanced website making.

I really have a few hours a day to study it and learn the skills needed but I cant find a great online source to learn from.

[hamster]

I started using this website quite a few years back.

http://w3schools.com/html/default.asp

[Jeremie]

That W3Schools website that Hamster suggested is the best free guide out there. Another tutorial website I rely on is pixel2life.com - they feature tutorials on nearly every aspect of web design.

I would also recommend checking out a few books at the library. They tend to offer the best step-by-step instruction from my experience. A personal favourite of mine is the Visual Quickstart Guide to HTML, XHTML, and CSS by Elizabeth Castro.

[Dan]

Hamster's suggestion is spot on.
Also, another way to get started is using DreamWeaver. Or, a site that gives a few good starting tips is The Site Wizard (http://thesitewizard.com).

[dvdreplication]

I have just started learning PHP. I have some kind of experience with desktop applications, but now I am shifting towards the web development field. I hope I will make it sure to learn the PHP as soon as possible.

[characteredu]

HTML is the basic language from where you should start, All the web pages created all around the worlds are based on this language.

[fcolor]

You can also try with some open source CMS like Wordpress for example. I find it quite easy to manage this CMS with basic HTML knowledge. However if you really want to learn more, I'd recommend grabbing one of the above posted guides and building a website on notepad or any other text editor :) HTML is not hard to learn it just requires alot of experimenting.

[WebIntellects-R]

You can also try with some open source CMS like Wordpress for example. I find it quite easy to manage this CMS with basic HTML knowledge. However if you really want to learn more, I'd recommend grabbing one of the above posted guides and building a website on notepad or any other text editor :) HTML is not hard to learn it just requires alot of experimenting.

Good idea. As I alternative I can offer you joomla. That is quite tricky, however that can do amusing things.

[WL-Michael]

All of the above are great places to get started, I'd also recommend playing around with Dreamweaver while using the above resources, in my opinion the hands on would be best to learn from.

[vWiz]

If you want a good clean site , might want to look into WordPress. Very flexible and user friendly.

[themoose]

Tizag (http://www.tizag.com/htmlT/) seems like a great resource for learning the basics.

Once you've read & understood that, I'd recommend you sketch out a design on paper and go from there. Every time you get stuck, look it up or ask for help.

And remember: CSS for design, HTML for content. Never use tables for structure (if you come across a tutorial for that.. stay away!).

[JJW]

Really in my opinion it depends on what your looking to do. Are you looking at doing database driven things or are you just looking at doing html pages with javascript and flash?

If you want to do database driven websites you need to decided what language you will learn to program the backend in.

#1) php
#2) asp
#3) perl
#4) coldfusion
#5) rails

if your looking at front end stuff
1.) html
2.) xhtml
3.) xml
4.) javascript
5.) ajax

You need to be more specific.