[Athtar]

If this is just so that you can generate a small income on the side, I suggest you take a look at some CMS packages. Basically, they allow you to create a site without needing to know any programming. Here are a few good, simple to use CMS's: Umbraco, Movable Type, TYPO3, Plone, Radiant, Symphony. And there are many more to choose from.

If you are really interested in learning how to code however, I second the other suggestions made in the thread. Figure out what you want to build and build it using Google and other web-based tutorials.

[noahc]

I would add wordpress to your CMS list. It's more than just a blogging platform and has a ton of plugins and themes available.

It might even be possible to build what the OP is looking to build in wordpress using themes + plugins.