Nothing new...Craigslist offers you to post your comments/adds in outerspace! all you have to do is click the box. Kinda funny that the first 'contact' are somehow commercials...lol
I'm in the process of learning html and found it very helpful to be a member of different html groups, offered for example in myspace.com or livejournal.com.
Besides that, there are tons of websites out there with help on hte issue and/or tutorials...
one of my favourites:
http://www.2createawebsite.com/