I've just started programing myself and I'd love a more concise answer then this article. (it rambled and didn't answer the question!) For the most part I want

I've just started programing myself and I'd love a more concise answer then this article. (it rambled and didn't answer the question!) For the most part I want to design webpages and mashup social networking API's. Of course I've been picking up my HTML and CSS, should I jump straight into PHP at this point or should I go another route? (Python/LISP/etc)