Need Advice on Webpage Please

I am new to webdesign and I was hoping I could get some tips or advice on where to look to get a start on the process. I would appreciate any personal webdesign stories or tips because, like I said, I am a noob at the process and I don't even know where to start honestly. Thanks!

Firstly, I would recommend learning wordpress. How to install it, how to manage the back end, and how to manage the basic HTML/CSS code and graphic design.

Here's a few tutorials on Photoshop, Wordpress, and HTML from Lynda, they provide great tutorials on pretty much everything:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c89NuhI01gE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyrkJydxY4Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v90LxIi2mGM

Wordpress:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeyWa_uf1FQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGHTdCYvSWI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8N2ECfilCE

HTML/CSS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0898IwR4UA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvJjTmqKXLo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_Z2-XQ7qP8

if you want to be independent of wordpress learn php, mysql, css, html 4 and 5 and javascript. Oh and Jquery

Wordpress makes things easier but everyone has their preference. If you want create your own websites, watch those videos I sent you on Photoshop, HTML/CSS, and then visit http://www.thenewboston.org and click video tutorials. They teach you everything such as MySQL, PHP, HTML 5, CSS3, C+,C++, C#, etc.