hello an easy way to step into the web development world is a cms(content management system). One i can recommend isjoomla - its easy and u can have a professionel site running in hours. google for it and see if it can meet your needs.by using joomla you will also slowely be introduced to html/css/php/jsits true that it also depends on what the website is intented to do. if u need just a forum you can go easily with smf or otherfree stable forumsystems. ... google is your helper just do some search... or take the nice offers from above posters.best regardsstrgg