What's a good website that teache's you about learning to play the guitar?

If you're just looking for the basics, there are several software programs that will walk you through everything from tuning to some rather elaborate techniques. There may even be some available via download.com--just put in a search for "guitar".

Do you want to learn any particular style? And do you have a decent instrument? More would-be musicians have been put off by department store instruments than by anything else I know of. If you're looking for an acoustic model, try a Washburn, Ibanez, or Art & Lutherie (all available on eBay for under $250, usually with a case). Better still, go to a good-sized "hands on" guitar store and try a few instruments until you find one that feels right and sounds decent to your ears.

The latter is really the only way to buy an electric, since the action is everything. Any instrument short of a bargain basement job should have decent electronics--the important thing is that it plays in tune and feels good under your fingers.

I have to agree. Electrics have lower action than acoustics (Action refers to the height of the strings above the fretboard...the lower, the easier to play). There are lower action acoustics out there: Taylor and Ovation. Taylors are expensive and Ovation makes a lower end guitar called Applause. Here's a good site to start with: http://www.guitarnoise.com/ (http://www.guitarnoise.com/)
Good Luck!

One nice thing about anything from the Ovation line (and several similar guitars--the Indiana Guitar Co. line, for one)--the body is made of a molded plastic material which makes them very easy to take care of. It also makes buying a guitar without playing it first a fairly safe bet, since practically every one of them sounds the same. Mind, I'd advise trying one out first to see if it is a sound you like.

If you happen to have small hands or a short reach, there are several 3/4-size guitars out there--the "Baby Taylor" (which is far less expensive than its full-sized cousins) at least one Yamaha model that I'm aware of, and some others. Avoid anything like a "travel-sized" instrument to begin with--they're cheap and don't take up much space, but....you tend to get what you pay for as far as sound is concerned. Travel guitars are notorious for being hard to hold comfortably as well.