Hello Sarah,
   Thank you for your reply. I hope this response answers your questions. I'd like to start out with something new and fresh, my previous site was
written in Html 4.0-transitional and used quite a few deprecated tags. I
would like a site that adheres to current standards, Xhtml 1.0-Strict Css,
I'd like php for much of the dynamic content, I'd like to avoid Flash,
Javascript and Frames on my site, but still capture interest, i will need some graphics design help primarily for a logo but i can get to that later in the project i suppose. I need a visual redesign and the way i invisioned it working was to have php generate the header of the page, the nav menu, the footer and all content that is static so i only have to worry about changing it in one php include file vs. each page of the site. I suppose midpage would be my content that i would add. I'm also looking to put up a webblog, and calendar and i'd like to hook them in to a mysql database, i am looking on the net for those apps if you have any recommendations i'd appreciate knowing them.
Please let me know if you have further questions i will be happy to answer them.
Thanks.
Dave.