hi!
I am just about getting there now. It would appear joomla doesn't actually have web pages, which is where i was going wrong, it has 'sections' like 'newsflash that you can make into some kind of content, they are all saved on mysqul database and when you link to them they sort of magically appear. I havn't manged to do anything with them so far as i have been trying to figure out the layout and fiddle with my templete to make it my own.
I am still working on the main presentation bit. your best off getting a template with nice pics in for you to change. I can tell you how to do this if you like (gosh me telling someone else how to do stuff! wonders never cease)
Heres my
website hosting, its not much yet, but i further than i was a week ago (still can't make the front page match my domain name url, might have to beg for help when i'm ready)
http:// hotsirens.co.uk/joomla
here are some free templetes
www. themesbase.com/?category=Joomla
here is the tutorils bit, (choose beginers)
www. joomlatutorials.com
OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH!!!!!!!! wheres the spell checker!!!!!!!!!