Frontpage!!!! Ummm..

If you get into wordpress, it's the easiest way without really knowing code (PHP).. unless you really want to customize some actions.. but there is usually a plugin for what you want to do.

Here is the thing.. I hate pushing Wordpress on people who aren't bloggers or techy people. It's overwhelming. I would rather create 1 php script that they log in to and can edit pages using CKEditor or add new. It just creates/edits the HTML files for them but in a word type interface. Easy peasy.

Photos? Ok. 1 extra script. But there is no need for wordpress for simple sites.

Learn PHP. Start there. MySQL is nice, but not needed for a simple site.

Or pick a language you have always wanted to learn. Run with it.
Start with little scripts "Hello World" and work your way up.

You need the basics of the language before you start with frameworks like Laravel or Ruby on Rails, etc

in PHP.. once you learn, global variables ($_POST and $_GET), server variables ($_SESSION and $_SERVER), multi dimensional arrays $myArray['employee']['female']['hot'] = 1; and file functions.. you are gold. Add MySQL.. you are unstoppable.

Biggest thing... head towards RESTful web services using CRUD (Create, Read, Update and Delete).. This is the cats ass right now and makes life much easier to talk between applications.