Well if you checked my profile you would find that I'm JAVA lover. I did not suggested to use JSP as Vic842 has no previos programming knowledge. For him it would be long term shot or suicide to do any development in JSP as he first would need to get some JAVA background.

ok, got ya

Yous are all missing the main point in the first post (except jbennet). This is a beginner we are talking about and as the saying goes, you got to craw before you walk. Unless you use a program to do the hard work, I would strongly suggest in the first year of learning, learn all the basics of html (such as <font> <table> <b> <i><u> <a href...>).

Then when you feel you know most of html, then start learning something more advanced such as jsp, php, asp, java etc. This is because learning one of these advanced/complex languages to start with can become a bit overwhelming.

Note:
I remember learning my first web language (html) about 8 years ago and the easiest way to learn for the first 2 months is by copying html from other websites until you understand what they mean by which time you will start to learn writing them from scratch.
So learn html for a year then learn something more advanced.

Please read all the post before jumping into discussion and make suggestions