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Originally Posted by pgo
The rest - Java, PHP, Ruby - are all server-side programming languages. Not for the faint of heart.
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I dunno 'bout that, at least as far as PHP goes. The syntax of PHP is very similar to that of javascript, so a leap from js to PHP isn't that much of a leap at all.
The similarities between js and PHP certainly flattened much of the learning curve for me, turning something which I initially found quite initimidating (PHP) into something which was pretty easy to get to grips with.
Ditto your initial recommendation, though.
HTML and XHTML (they're almost the same). Then CSS. Then JavaScript (followed by familiarisation of one or more common libraries/frameworks such as jQuery, YUI, etc…).
Then PHP (taking in XML handling along the way).
Then I'd look into AJAX. (I'd suggest getting to grips with the component parts first - i.e. js + PHP)