well...I've been interested for a long time in web pages and such. However, the extent of my knowledge goes through html. I kinda looked at java but I got bored. and quit. so...say I wanted to make a webpage that has forms on it, can be password protected, and can have links that when I run my mouse over them...a menu drops down. What kind of programming language should I learn? Leadership is the art of influencing and directing others in a way that will gain their respect, confidence, and loyal cooperation in achieving a common goal or objective

You should use some nifty CSS for the dropdown menu. For the password protection, you can have standard HTTP authentication (usually consists of a small dialog popping up when you try to access it) or a "normal" HTML-based login form. For the first option, you can use Apache's HTTP authentication. For the second one, you'll need a server-side scripting language, such as PHP, Perl or ASP. For the forms, you would use HTML. So, all in all, it's a combination of HTML, CSS and a scripting language of your choice. Out of PHP, Perl and ASP, most people say PHP is the easiest to get going with. Also, it's more widespread with web hosts.

one more thing...I'm really cheap: is there a good (or even decent) website where I could learn these things, or at least enough to get by, for free? Leadership is the art of influencing and directing others in a way that will gain their respect, confidence, and loyal cooperation in achieving a common goal or objective

Apache and PHP servers are free, you can download and install them on you machine for free.Take the names, add .org and you'll find them there. For Java go to Sun's website and your first steps can begin here: www.php.net/tut.php tralalala

sweet. thanks Leadership is the art of influencing and directing others in a way that will gain their respect, confidence, and loyal cooperation in achieving a common goal or objective