I want to develop a site that will allow be to publish information to users, and give them and opportunity to subscribe to a mailing list so they can be updated each time I make a change to the site. *Add new information, etc.

I also would like for the users to be able to add comments about reviews posted, and give me suggestions...Things that will encourage user interaction

I understand that this is possible with php...

But I do not know php, and to learn and test it I apparently need a domain to begin with...etc. Is it possible that I use Xhtml/Html to get the same results?

-- I know I can use the <a href="mailto:[email protected]"; subject="Email from Site user">Mail</a>

but that would also leave my email open to spam...Any suggestions?

And I do apologize if this question has been posted before, I did some research and found no such thing. All helpful responses are appreciated.