Here are a few excellent resources to learn about building websites:
How-To-Build-Websites
Killersites (Loads of articles)
Video Tutorials on Webdesign (they're free).
And then of course there's [url="http://w3School.com">W3 Schools
i am in the process of trying to learn how to design websites.
1) how do i set it up to have 2 of one website [1 online and 1 offline to update and then publish to web and take other 1 offline?
2) when i get finished with it, how would i go about actually publishing it and how would i go about getting the url/domain registered?
3) how many can i have setup at any one time?
thanks in advance for your help.
willie

Chowhound
Comic Vine
GameFAQs
GameSpot
Giant Bomb
TechRepublic