How to create a social website like facebook?

[Jeff]

I have an idea in mind and really want to make a social site like facebook. But i have little or no knowledge to IT or anything related to website creation. I'm willing to learn but i need to have some guideline on where to start. Please assist me. Thank you

[Steven]

start with database. thats the base of Facebook and how facebook stores its data. database=Microsoft access.

[ZeJoker]

You will need to learn
1) Obviously HTML for web page display on the client end
2) A server-side scripting language such as PHP which handles interaction to the server and database
3) A database language such as SQL or mySQL, which handles the querying and adding information to the database

You could also try out WAMPserver after you have familiarised yourself sufficiently with these languages. It allows you to set up your own PC as a server of sorts which allows web page display with PHP and sql database functionality. But this server can only be accessed by those PCs that are within the same LAN. Because it doesn't actually assign a 'web address' for the public to access.

http://www.wampserver.com/en/

[Joshua]

You can learn programming languages like PHP, Javascript, Ajax, sql from the online tutorials. Don't worry after learning you can start creating social networking websites like facebook.