"Serverside is not my forté."

I've had very good experiences with FastCGI. My server-side programs were in C++.

I may have to learn PHP for the websites I've set up in webspace rented from GMX. This is my website with links to my others. There shouldn't be an JavaScript in them. One is a GNU website and JavaScript is anathema on GNU websites (and they just hate nathemas). No server-side applications, either. I only used that for a dead project I programmed for the wastepaper basket for a job (public sector, of course). It is cryogenically preserved at GitHub, so I could dig out the FastCGI code if you're interested.

I posted the link because it's all hand-written HTML code, unsullied by any CMS or IDE.