I would recommend getting started with Head First HTML and CSS. http://headfirstlabs.com/books/hfhtml/ http://headfirstlabs.com/books/hfhtml/ It will give the

I would recommend getting started with Head First HTML and CSS. http://headfirstlabs.com/books/hfhtml/ http://headfirstlabs.com/books/hfhtml/ It will give them a good foundation and confidence to setup a website from scratch. http://headfirstlabs.com/books/hfhtml/ http://headfirstlabs.com/books/hfhtml/ Have them purchase a domain and setup a simple shared hosting account to publish a website. Shared hosting like hostgator is good enough to start, learn the basics, use FTP (recommend, MAMP/WAMP, sublime text, filezilla). Then they can move on to more advanced topics.