At this point, I'll just be happy to put the site back to the way it was provided in the default installation. I'm making it worse. Help.

If you need to reset the skin(look and feel), log in as host, go to the Host>Skins menu and click the "restore default skin" link. If you really have to restore, click the Wizard link on the Common Tasks toolbar on the top right(logged in as host). Don't worry about the template, IMHO. It's not what you will ulitmately want. You'll be better off building your site and learning how to use DNN.

Try going to
http://www.traincert.net/
register at the site, log in and download the free sample videos(left hand side after loggin in). Install & Config and the Product Overview should help.

Also try stepping through the help file from the beginning. Spending that time now will make you much more efficient at using DNN and ultimately save you a lot of time.
http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Default.aspx?tabid=787

If you're looking to get started with DNN I've created a free quick start video. You can check out a couple of tutorials here:

An Introduction to the Principles of DotNetNuke Tutorial

DotNetNuke Quick Start Guide Video Tutorial

I've also put together a list of resources for module developement, skinning etc. which you can have a look through here:

DotNetNuke Resources

Hope this helps,

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Thanks all! I'm back on track. The resources and vids are great. I just received the VB.net with DotNetNuke 3.0, and I hope the version differnce doesn't cause that much confusion working with 4.0  I look forward to understanding and using DNN, I'm impressed so far.