Soul Rebel - no, not really hung up on fancy graphics.
andy83 - thanks for the positive karma - and right back at you.
jjjay - solid advice! however, if you noticed in my previous post, I wasn't looking to make fast money - just wanted to get a leg up on understanding certain aspects of the biz.
Gawdy - thank you. Yours is the kind of advice that defeats the purpose of this thread.
Any seasoned webmaster out there that feels threatened by a noob, needs to give their head a shake.
I have a good friend that's a pretty good freesite builder who used to be mentored by some 'veteran' on this board. The mentor apparently got to be 'too big' for the little student and started dissing him all the time. What ended the friendship was the accusation by the mentor that the pupil was stealing his site format - a pure bullshit lie. I know the student VERY well and I know that the student would NEVER do such a thing. The student made several attempts to talk to his mentor but the mentor just shut him out completely.
To all you mentors out there: If your gonna mentor be a REAL HERO and mentor. If your only doing it to satisfy some petty whim, give it a rest. Fake Mentors/Heros need not get involved and pretend to befriend.
Thanks for the great tips to all the good natured and good intentioned adult webmasters out there. Your words of wisdom are duly noted and sincerely appreciated.
- cheers