Making a website

Hi /tech/, what would one have to learn in order to be able to make a website that has a couple hundred pages and a forum. An example: You enter the site for the first time and it detects that so it asks you to complete a questionnaire which then leads you directly to links to specific sections chosen on how you responded. Of course, the user would have the option to not answer and be redirected to the homepage.
So, what should I learn specifically to be able to make something like that and where would I find such information?
The hardware required for maintaining something like that would also be nice to know in regards to pricing and such considering a maximum of 150-200 people simultaneously browsing.
I'm sorry if the questions are stupid or shouldn't be asked here.

Also, this isn't homework or something like that. It's just something I want to learn.

Not too much, just some basic HTML really, you could probably create something like that in a modern word processor. With regards to the hardware I wouldn't bother hosting it yourself there are plenty of cheap hosting packages available which will probably give better bandwidth and reliability than your home internet connection.

So HTML is all I need? The database and all that can be covered by using it? Wouldn't I need CSS and Java for example for the forum, login and all that? I'm not sure how you link them together. Is all the code put online and refferenced in the pages via their address / extesion?
Also I'd have to make all the pretty assets I guess.
To practice, I could just make the basic pages locally? What software would you reccomend? Seeing the source of other websites would help me prevent common vulnerabilities?

>>4

Use forum software like phpBB (phpBB is free, vBulletin is probably better but it costs a shitload) for the forum. Use JavaSciprt cookies to detect whether it's the user's first time visiting or not. The forum is in PHP (but you won't have to write it yourself), but the questionnaire could be written easily in JavaScript.

Is that all your website is, a survey that links you to forums based on your results? Or is there more to it?

You can just write your code in a text editor, install Notepad++ or something for syntax coloring. You can install Apache on your computer to test PHP code (if you end up having to write any yourself).

But yeah, when it comes to databases (data stored on a server), PHP and MySQL are your best friends.

If you learned perl, you could automate the process of page creation. Otherwise, just make a bunch of pages...

>>3
word processor
u mena text editor

>>5
Thanks. I got joomla and I'm now experimenting on localhost.
As I see it at this point it isn't much more than that. The results would link you to the forum only within other respective pages after completing the survey. For example, let's say the questions ask you about your interests and based on those, they give you links on the site to potential career paths that have themselves links to presentation pages for colleges that are better for those careers that finally link to their forum board and give contact details.

Learn HTML, JavaScript and PHP in that order. Trust me it is all you need no less. Check out w3schools for resources.
PHP with MySQL database will cover all your needs for user generated and dynamic content.
Javascript is for browser scripting.
And ofcourse HTML for design.