Have you decided on which software you want to use to create your site? Are you planning on using something like wordpress or joomla to create the site or do it the old fashioned way and write it yourself?

Wordpress seems to be the popular one these days. I use Joomla and it works great for how I create sites. My only word of warning around Wordpress is they are frequent targets of hackers. Just be sure to keep it updated. Otherwise it is a great platform for non techie people.