where to learn the basics in php/css/blahblahblah (for wordpress)

[SidewinderINC]

Hey all,

I've managed to mess up a load of things in my blog by being a spoon whilst doing some housekeeping and doing some updates - stuff that I should have known better and after I broke it thought *I knew that would happen*.

So, it's been quite a while since I played with my blog and had it set up just the way I wanted it and it took me ages of trial and error and reading about what I was doing. And I still don't know whether it was done properly


In order to get it back on track, and understand what I'm doing I'd like to learn the basics.

Some guides jump the gun and assume knowledge about other parts, and some are just plain confusing.


Can you guys help me out as to the best place to start with regards to all the basic things I should know for wordpress stuff. I have used html before but never really got to know CSS and PHP is just a completely foreign language and the databases just confuse the hell out of me

any help would be greatly appreciated.