Hi,
Thought I'd share this site with you all.
http://www.echoecho.com/school.htmIt is excellent in teaching you everything you need to know to design web pages from scratch, using nothing more than notepad.
Work through all the tutorials at your own pace and at the end you will be able to code a web page from scratch without the help of programs like FrontPage or Dreamweaver.
Highly recommend.
LJ