Hi,


I am a general newbie here, have done some searching to try to figure this out but have not been able to find exactly what I am looking for.


I am looking to create a website that is half blog half message board. The site I would like to model it after is www.phillyblog.com. I am sure you can guess that basically I would like to take this model and apply it to my home city. If you take a look at that site it is pretty simple and will hopefully give you an idea of what I want.

What I want to know is the best way to go about this for someone who is pretty decent with computers, has not done a lot of programming but would also like to use this as an opportunity to learn. Thank you in advance...