Webmasterworld especially forum 48 "New to Web Development"
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum48/
What do you have for software?
If you need a WYSIWYG freebie try NVU
http://www.nvu.com/index.php
Image software try Gimp
http://www.gimp.org/
Depending on what you want to do a free CMS package will work for you
Mambo or Wordpress
Good Luck