Hey guys, I have very basic knowledge of html and css.
I can create an informational web page.

I want to get into things like adding a forum or links to sell items.

Any advice on where to look for tutorials? or any good books to read?

Any info is much appreciated, thanks.

coding it yourself? javascript + service side language (php, python, ruby, etc)
templates? e-commerce

I would like to code it myself, yes.

Is there any way I can do this using bootstrap?

I don't understand what e-commerce is.

i assume you mean twitter bootstrap, which is css. that's separate from what im referring to. so yes you can use bootstrap, no it won't replace what you need to know.

http://www.webappers.com/2010/07/09/15-best-free-open-source-ecommerce-platforms/

but if you wanna code everything yourself, you dont have to worry about it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_management_system

This post was edited by carteblanche on Mar 10 2014 07:16pm

Great information, thanks much for the reply.

I would suggest learning JavaScript (jQuery), PHP, and MySQL. These three technologies, plus HTML & CSS, are all you really need to know to make some awesome, dynamic, web 2.0 style websites.

I would suggest teamtreehouse.com
If you have $25/mo and are serious about learning web development it's well worth the money.
I purchased a subscription for the courses on design, business, and wordpress, however I have poked around the web development courses and they seem very solid.