Affiliate Marketing Secrets

I live in Philadelphia, PA and I’m trying to apply for state-affiliated colleges with this type of program and the only thing I could find was ‘graphic design’ and ‘computer science’.
I want to learn php, java, actionscript, e-commerce… Anything that has to do with building a website. It would be cool to also learn design too, but that’s not a focus. I’m more interested in fine arts than digital arts.
I read that I should major in computer science, but I’m not interested in programming robots like I’ve been reading. Please help me out.

My question is what niche should I go for ? OR should I include evry category that I like. Where the more success and income come from ? Here is my still under construction website…have a look at it and give some idea ..thanks a lot in advance www.dollar-tube.com

I am building a website for my employer, and I am looking to design it much like the existing freelance websites on the web. It need to be able to have the same functionality as those websites, with customers being able to bid on services of our affiliate companies and our company taking a percentage of the profit. Does anyone know what kind of payment software freelancer.com or it’s clone websites use?

I have recently written a book that I would like to sell online as an ebook. I am looking for advice on what steps to take in building a website to sell the book on, how to accept credit card payments, and information on how to join an affiliate program. I am looking for something I could possibly do through a site like go-daddy maybe? I am not exactly sure how to begin. Please help. Thanks in advance for the advice.