I think I have finally settled on a new website framework. First of all, I am wholeheartedly sold on WordPress. It’s free, intuitive, and easy to install. I experimented with Joomla a couple of weeks ago, and although I am willing to believe it is more versatile, I ended up quite frustrated with the experience. My personal installation did not work on my hosted server, and the one tech support installed for me had all of the “example” files intact. I found it overwhelming, and couldn’t even figure out how to change the front page title/logo. So I deleted it all and jumped head-first into the WordPress framework. I am very pleased!
And this evening, finally, after experimenting with several different themes over the past week or so, I settled on “Suffusion”. I like the look and feel of it right out of the box, and it has a powerful set of customizations available. So far, though, even the smallish tweaks I have played with haven’t really been necessary.
Now that I have the core site design issues out of the way, I can get back to dealing with content. 
This website serves as a repository for photos, blog entries, and other creations from the somewhat random mind of Patrick M. Kelly. There may also be a bit of pocket lint or loose change in the lower right-hand corner.