I did successfully build a template with the help of a tutorial on the Joomla site. I duplicated the look of the placeholder page that I had put up on the site. I learned a lot today but I can see that I have much more to learn. I did pick up a trick that I could use on some of my other sites, how to build a box with rounded corners (or any special effects) that flows with a fluid site layout.

When I did the installation there was a box asking if I wanted to install the sample content. I said yes when I should have said no, so there are several articles and some other content populating the page. I think that it is easy to delete this, but it should not have been installed in the first place. If you want to follow the progress you can click HERE.