A few weeks ago I was complaining that I needed to find a more robust template that wouldn't break when I used html for accents (things like line items and bullets), and that scaled appropriately in the browser.
A robust template is one that uses valid CSS, has a liquid design, doesn't use tables, and works around the errors and inadequacies of all the common browsers.
Three weeks ago I sat down and sketched out how I want the index page of my Outback2003 section to look. Marvelously, I was able to find a robust template that satisfies all those criteria and provides a blog area + two columns.
One decision I have to make is what level of backwards browser support should I provide. The saila template is provided in several levels of backward compatibility.
I will make the unilateral decision to not provide support for Netscape v4. I don't need the debugging headaches or the hobbling technology necessary to satisfy some dirty gnu hippy. I'll use the next most basic version that "will work in all Windows-based Internet Explorer browsers over version 4; the Macintosh version of Internet Explorer 5; all Gecko-based browsers; and Opera version 5 and up."
So now it will be a matter of setting up the blog and piecing together the template and styles for my new page.