New website

hey logan,wendell,etc I wanted to ask you guy's for some help. I'm trying to make a new website and i don't know where to start i was told that java was a useful language to know. I have made a php server but i don't know where to go from there some advice and direction would be much appreciated.

-Ben 

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Start with HTML, CSS and maybe PHP/javascript (it's not the same as Java!).

Java is not all that useful honestly for websites, the whole applet idea has been burrowed for a decade now. Some might use java here and there and on back-end but if I guess your level right then you should not worry about that just yet.