Start here: http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/...beginners.html

Read through it all. They'll get you started in no time. They use an excellent non-boring tone so you won't kill yourself with techno-babble. That's how I learned web design/development. Once you're done with that, go to:

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/.../builders.html

And once you're done with that, go to:

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/...r/masters.html