What is the key to creating a beautiful web site?

Question

If I go to create a website then I have to learn what to do?

Answer 1

HTML, CSS and JavaScript for sure, but the term "beautyfull" is really subjective, can you give an example of a website you like?

(PHP, WordPress, Bootstrap and JavaScript frameworks can be helpfull as well)

Important thing: it's all about responsiveness these days (you can use bootstrap for that)

All above things are front-end related. Want to store user data and use logic/domain? Then a back-end with an API can be usefull as well. You can use much stuff for that as well. I would recommend taking a look at AngularJS, NodeJS, languages like Python, Java, C++ and databases like Oracle SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL

Answer 2

Minimalism: Fast load times, not tons of click-able gifs, clear font.
Neutral colours: Light grey for text backgrounds and black font. Nobody wants #FFFFFF backgrounds at 02h00.
Responsive layout: loads of devices have net access.

The rest is personal taste. HTML and CSS should see you through unless you need JavaScript functionality (which slows loading). Remember many folk block js by default.