Which is the best to learn and why?

Flash will always be learned but besides that should I learn, html, php, css, or what? tell me how hard they are to learn, benefits, disadvantages, etc. of all of them and any others I didn't include that I should have.

learn C++

You must learn html before anything else. Go to http://www.w3schools.com/default.asp and complete all tutorials and study the examples. It is, by far, the best source for beginners (and it's free!).

Learn everything. Is there any reason to not learn something?

learn C++

why do you need C++ for webdesign???

http://www.w3schools.com/default.asp
another link for my bookmarks, and it looks like a good one too! thanks.

why do you need C++ for webdesign???
don't you know a troll when you see one?

don't you know a troll when you see one?

my bad.

HTML for formatting first, then you can look into XHTML, XML and CSS usage. There is then the possibility of Client-side scripting for the most part Javascript however there are other client-sides that aren't used so much because of them being restricted to one browser format or company. (i.e. VBScript, JScript) Javascript can be handy to learn new languages from as well, it covers some very basic abilities and your limitations are restricted to the browsers memory/processing load footprint.

Not many people use VRML anymore either :(

You then have the potential in between client-side/server-side in the form of JAVA and Flash's Activescripting. Obviously mobilephones have pushed JAVA further than it originally was, in some respects you can say that JAVA's usage online seems to have faded in comparison to other solutions.
Once you are onto server-side scripting you can use VBScript, Perl, PHP, Python, C++ to name a few of the languages used.

It's really down to what you want to apply yourself to, for the most part Perl isn't used so much in projects anymore as PHP has become more and more secure. C++ can be used for server-side operations and can be used to create other standalone applications should you want to take it further. Python is much the same, many games developers have now turned to the language.

There is a few things I've missed, for instance when you learn how to develop webpages it's not just about the HTML, it can go into great detail about the networking, encryption techniques (tunneling), load balancing and debugging configuration glitches. However for most of the people that call themselves 'Web Designers' and try to charge £400 for setting up a Joomla CMS site, they really don't know SQUIT about webdesign/development.

When I was a kid I was very much into web design, but in time I stopped designing my own web pages, because there were good ready made content management systems that could to the job well, one of my fav now is Joomla. I just have to design a new look and adjust a few lines of php to suit my needs.

When I was a kid . . . .
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when you was a kid ! ROTFLMAO !!
whats you talkin' about?
you're still wet behind the ears! :)

sorry. i just couldn't resist.

Indeed, but 10 years on the internet is comparable to 100 years in the real world - so much has changed.

HTML for structure and content layout
CSS for styling the structure and content
Javascript for dynamically manipulating the structure and content
Server Side (.net, php, jsp) for manipulating server-side

You should learn XHTML, CSS, and a server-side language. The best server-side language is C# (.Net framework).

HTML for structure and content layout
CSS for styling the structure and content
Javascript for dynamically manipulating the structure and content
Server Side (.net, php, jsp) for manipulating server-side

You should learn XHTML, CSS, and a server-side language. The best server-side language is C# (.Net framework).
DAMN so much fng WORK..:eek:

isnt there some web builder program that automaticaly changes anything you write into HTML or these other whatchmacallit?

There is. Adobe Dreamweaver is the best/easiest of them.

Agreed. Dreamweaver has many flaws, and I wouldn't rely on it's output always being 100% correct or at all efficient, but it'll get 90% of the work done for you. then all you need to do is clean up it's code and publish the site.