Learning how to make a website

Learn a little html- enough that you can hand code a very simple page.
Now learn some css- enough that you can pass the online tests on the free tutorial sites and alter other people's sites in your browser using firebug.
Now install wordpress as on a test site and play around. Stay with the default themes until you understand them a little.

Wordpress is usually the best way to go when starting out. Then there no need to "make" a website

Spend time marketing and promoting rather than building websites.

You should learn html and photoshop first to make static pages then you can go for any dynamic scripting to make dynamic websites

Its all about what kind of website you want to create. Is it a blog, where you keep it updated with things you like to talk about? Is it a small business website where you want to put up a business and expose it and your phone number on the internet, or is it something else?

If it's a blog you're looking for, get yourself started with either Blogger or Wordpress. Blogger honestly has a beginner feel to it and I believe its a lot easier to use and get used to than Wordpress. Wordpress is the best, but probably not something for a beginner beginner.

For small business websites and such, get your hands on a template in HTML and make sure it has CSS (a style sheet).

A style sheet is pretty much a file that stays next to your website files. What it does is it tells the website all the fonts, font colors, font sizes it's allowed to use and does many other things. It contains all that information so you don't have to beef up your .html documents with so much extra code.

But as for small business websites, I don't usually like to tell people to use Wordpress, and such as small websites like that are not meant to be updated as frequently as a blog would. You should be good to go with an html and css based configuration.

Lastly, a big thing you need to know about is that each website must have a domain. Domains are not free. Thankfully with Wordpress and Blogger, they give you one. The catch is, it's going to look something like xxxyournameherexxx.blogger.com or xxxyournameherexxx.wordpress.com. But both websites will give you the option to buy a domain. I use GoDaddy. I love GoDaddy and their customer support is ridiculously amazing.

Hope this helps clear some things up! Message me if you have any questions. Good luck!

I agree that WordPress is a nice choice for Website design for beginners.
There are lots of free resource you can use for website design like free wordPress themes and plugins.

Visit w3schools you will have more tutorials to learn how to make a website. Or simple google it.

Just start with reading an HTML e-book (course)
After you know HTML, try CSS and then you have a good base!

Learn some CSS, then you can build basic pages and understand how they are build.
Then you can lean, practice.. about wordpress, because it is the most used cms.

I agree with Ron. Wordpress it's pretty easy and quick start. Besides you can find tuns of free video tutorial on internet.