[DeadlyNinja]

I've been cooking up a silly idea for some time now, and I want to put it into action. I want to make a site sort of like IMDB, but sillier. It's going to be a database and I was wondering whether I need anything "special" to make a site like this; or will simple HTML suffice? I only have basic HTML skills anyway. What else should I learn to improve? I don't think I want flash because it does take a while to load, but nothing is concrete right now.

Also, I want my own domain, but I'm not interested in putting money into it, at least not while the economy's so crappy. I know I can use ads to keep it going, but how do I approach this? Do I start off the site with ads? Seems kind of pointless since no one will even know what it during the first few months. Hell, do companies even want to advertise on my site at its infancy?

Any tips on how to deal with some of these issues, or any tips at all for a first time site owner.