Good starting openings for white (for beginners)?

What are some good starter opening for white to learn?

http://www.chess.com/article/view/study-plan-for-beginners-the-opening2

http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/content/ten-rules-opening

according to heisman (who is pretty much the best coach for beginners in the world); you should dive into the thick of it.  fighting for the center; and trying to find tactics at the get go.

thus, conventional wisdom is stuff like the spanish; with a brief study of italien, scotch etc.

I think there is nothing wrong with d4d5 stuff either, and highly recommend the Queens gambit.

-- there's SO many opinions about what a beginner really is, but if your actually a rank beginner and know nothing of these names; then I can easily summarize it;

either 1. e4 e5 or 1. d4 d5... get at least one of your knights out and play a bishop move that puts pressure on the opponent.

now learn tactics... common is for one of the players to pin a knight and look for ways to win it. 

if you play black you are certainly going to see 1 e4  e5 2 Qh5...  this is good exercise in defense.  learn to develop by attacking the queen without falling for any disastrous tactics.

---- regarding the barzca, it is one of several openings where you develop conservatively and usually the same moves irregardless of the opponent.  some chess coaches think it is a poor choice for a beginner, because your not developing your ability to understand the opponents position...

I have no opinion of that. I played colle system for awhile (a very similar idea) and decided that 'they' were probably right; and that I ought to learn the 'big boy' openings that strong chess players use.  (those without a reputation of being excessively confusing and difficult to play).

but irregardless of What 'opening' it is- minimize how much you memorize.  your opponents (espacially at a low level) won't reply with predictable moves- and the detailed trees that grandmaster memorize is particularly useless... you shouldn't play what you don't understand.

that is why learning the general 'rules' to opening a game is so important.  it gives you an understanding.

Thanks for all the great links and explanations, much obliged.

Playing chess arena vs stockfish, I accidently opened with colle after reti many times, just playing how I felt, I checked out the colle-zukertort, it seems quite interesting.