I'm new here and I'm thinking of starting up a new site.

100% flash sites are fine with me if it's done nice, neat, and correctly.

Personally, I dislike designing EVERYTHING by myself. Though I wish I could; I'm not all that great.

It probably isn't worth much now.

Also: http://www.helpingwebmasters.com/how-tos-tutorials/basics-of-html-t2504.0.html

Thanks. How often are all of these acronyms used?

Try searching for HTML guides on the web. The Bare Bones guide to HTML

Isn't it impossible to have a video loop continously if the video is hosted on a host site and it does not allow looping?

I agree that a hit counter should be avoided  I suggest using site-visit statistics.
Try: http://www.sitemeter.com/