I'm a newbie in using HTML/CSS, and can create a good, basic website. However, I want to learn how to make a website where people sign up for something, get their own profile, and create user-generated content. If anybody knows which languages I need to have learned, or better yet, provide me with a script to assist me, I would greatly appreciate it. THANKS!
Not only HTML/CSS you must learn some dynamic web programming language like PHP, JavaScript or something that make you comfort i prefer to use PHP
You will need PHP or ASP/ASP.net to achieve this because you will need a database to store user profile etc. Because HTML and CSS alone cant pull records from a database.
Thanks for the quick responses. Do any of you know if there are any example scripts that I can use? (I like to learn by dissecting the source code of various websites and learning it myself. That's how I learned CSS and HTML and I'm working on Javascript). Is there a way to view the source of a website's PHP code, similar to how you can view the HTML/CSS source? Thanks again.
You can't take PHP source code from a website, PHP is produced server side. As I'm not really sure what you want, you definitely should go to http://www.w3schools.com/ to learn PHP, or if you don't want to, find a script that suits your need (or you can dissect) from hotscripts or something.
Anymore info on this? anyone know how sites like Examiner.com are made what type of software or program do they use and how much does it cost?
I recommend using a CMS such as WordPress or Joomla. It's possible to do what you want with those, and the various plugins out there. Though either of those systems will require learning something new, you'll most likely be able to get around to building a site with user-generated content and profiles much more quickly that way than if you take the time to learn a programming language like PHP from the ground up and make your own programs to accomplish those things (though you should eventually learn to do that too).