Thread: Online businesses?

Well, you'll need

HTML and XHTML to make the core of the site... These are your foundation.

CSS and Javascript if you plan to fancy it up, with ajax and such.

XML if you need to syndicate.

SQL for the database where you'll keep all the data.

PHP to manipulate the database.

PHP is pretty much the standard this days, so it's always a good choice, but don't forget the (X)HTML because it really is the foundation.

Keep it simple and functional. The one requirement in the market is a simple, functional platform that anyone can use.

Keep me posted on your projects. Maybe we can work together in the future, I have a few projects of my own on the back burner.

For a basic affiliate site (or Adsense, if thats what you mean by ad), not much of any programming beyond HTML. Even then, you can just use a WYSIWYG editor such as NVU (completely free.) In my experience its often better to use third party solutions before having any systems custom programmed anyways. This gives you an idea about what features you do or don't need and minimizes wasted time.