Well i'm drunk but if it took 4 hours to install WAMP.. Good luck.. Dont Forget to use firebug as a plugin in firefox.. Making test adjustments on the fly before you hard code them is a time saver..

@Obe
Yeah, it is fun! I'd like to learn it all, but I'm afraid I might run out of time before I do. I would like to use a cms to help me out but I'm not sure of the compatibility when running a test server or whatnot. I spent all day setting it up, I don't want to fuck it up, pardon my language lol.
Is fedora a good cms?

@TwRoo, Of course, there's a lot more I'd like to do but do not yet understand how. But I will update it constantly until it's done the way I like it.

What's WAMP? I had to research all the different things and how they work together and which ones are the best to use and then how to manually move all the files and such around, and edit the httpd.conf shit. I also was watching Daria. But still, I thought it was pretty fast for someone who knows literally nothing about php or anything like that.

WAMP is a useful package that includes Apache, Mysql and usually Php (WAMP is for Windows, MAMP for Macs and LAMP for Linux)... easier and quicker to install than finding the right versions of each individually. (though you still have to make sure the config files are right but it's only a few simple changes and it gives you an instruction readme)

Try breaking your tasks into mini tasks. Like, for example, you want to know how to get the icon in the top-right corner with a drop-down. Start with that.

What structure would you need? Would you need the page to be a certain size? Centered? How does the page react to windows downsizing where parts of the whole width can't be displayed?

So once the basic structure is established (centered page of a fixed width, in pixels), you can then try to get the icon in the top-right corner, and try to use javascript to create a pop-up menu on mouse-over.

I'm not a web developer but that would be my two cents.