[themes] layout: translating wireframe into drupal reality

[brendan]

*hello!*
*i've got a wireframe/basic layout that i'd like to implement in drupal.  *
/i have some BASIC php skills, but am quite comfortable with xhtml & 
advanced CSS.  I'm also in the middle of reading "Pro Drupal 
Development" - so i'm somewhat familiar with the idea of replacing 
certain template pages in order to customize the look of specific 
pages.  (note, i actually haven't DONE that yet... just read about it in 
the book) - but it seems pretty doable!/

i think my site can be broken down into three page types:

   1. The Home Page
   2. Content Pages
   3. Portfolio Pages

you can see a wireframe illustration of my homepage here: 
http://img30.picoodle.com/img/img30/8/6/18/f_homepagem_68ba209.gif 

*But, I dont know how to organize all the content types on the front 
page...

Questions:*

   1. Should i sent the homepage up as a "story", or as a "page"?
   2. Is positioning the blog teaser (right column), and the "image
      gallery & caption" (left column) simply a matter of what theme i
      have installed?
   3. Should i create a custom content type for the image gallery & text
      description (left column)?
   4. Is there some other question i should be asking in regards to how
      to carry this out?

i have drupal installed at http://drupal.fresh-off.com , but there's not 
much to see yet.

Like others, i'm trying to document my learning process, and hope one 
day to be able to publish it for others to learn from!
Thanks for any help you can give me.  Also, if this question has been 
answered in the forums (which it likely has) - suggestions on what to 
search for might be helpful as well!

thanks every so much  for reading, and any help you're able to offer!

*brendan*


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