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Read a lot, trial and error as well as Scott Kelby's books and online trainings.
A few books to recommend:
David Ziser's Captured by the Light - He's a wedding photographer, but what he covers in this book is universally applicable.
Scott Kelby's Digital Photography books.
Scott Kelby's Photoshop for Photographer books along with his online training videos.
As we as some websites...
Digital Photography School's section for beginners (the whole website is good, but this will probably be most helpful).
Strobist because eventually you'll want to learn to light.
David Ziser's blog gives a lot of good tips, too.
Good post processing isn't necessarily in the post processing. It really does begin by getting it right in the camera, first. Understanding light, composition and the mechanics of your camera will do more for your editing than just about anything you could do in Photoshop (unless you're looking for abstract techniques like cross processing or the other crap that's really popular now).
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By far the best reference/tutorials I've ever found!
First off, let me paste this... I keep this in a text file on my desktop for this question, when it pops up:
You're on the right track, starting with the /r/photoclass subreddit. Now for your other questions...
As far as what is and isn't relevant, given most of your work would be shown on the web, don't get all hard over megapixels. Get what you can afford, but don't let yourself be swayed into getting a camera with a huge MP count. The higher numbers of megapixels come into play when you're doing close cropping, or printing large prints.
For example, take a look at this picture. I shot this several weeks ago with my Canon 40D, which has 10 megapixels. Are there cameras with higher megapixel counts? Sure. For the type of photography I do, though, this camera suits me perfectly.
As far as why you should get a DSLR versus a point-and-shoot, the biggest reason is lens interchangeability. A DSLR will let you change your lens based on the kind of shots you're taking, which gives you much MUCH more freedom in the kind of pictures you take. Also, DSLR's generally can offer you more freedom as you grow in your photography due to more advanced features (full manual mode, the ability to shoot Raw, etc), which ultimately give you far greater control over the finished product.
So to blanket answer your question, it's not the camera that produces great photos, but the photographer. Hand Ansel Adams a point-and-shoot camera and I guarantee he'll outshoot me with my 40D. You want to get a camera that you feel comfortable with, you can afford and gives you the greatest freedom to grow as your interest grows.
Does that help? :)