Project Cool and Builder. Com both have useful beginning and advanced web site design tips. Poor Richard's Web Site features an excellent sample book chapter on effective web design. This sounds like a question about CGIs or about Java. Like so many things at Cornell, this area seems to be very decentralized.
Many courses also use the web informally.
The libraries also have many courses, so an increasing number of students are learning about web site design. As we suggested above, this will probably become less of an issue as the technology becomes easier to use, and as more people become familiar with it. If it works, keep or expand your use of the technology. If it proves a distraction or nuisance, scale back. There are many web sites which list free software.