mtnbik3r

thanks for that i now see where i need to go to to edit/modify stuff.
just one more thing, if you can help. where do i go to get rid of original theme big blue header and how easy is it to add your own pictue/graphic in its place ?

thanks esatyrical, thats exactly what i want, your site looks good, may i ask which theme you purchased i think i ay go down the same road less graphics as i dont even require that.

eastyrical, i followed your instructions and i have found some more options that i didn,t see before but i still want to know hoe to get rid of all the bits i dont want appearing, e.g pages blogroll catagories search archieves, this is all in a side bar which i dont need or want at the moment,?

that seems to be my problem just getting a handle on how wp works.
i have a basic grasp of html but how to get wp to let me do what i want to do is what i am trying to get sorted. i figured its doable as others have done it, i just need some helpful hints on how to do it.

thanks for the help, will look at what esatyrical said (thanks for plain lingo hints).
in answer to ronchicargo
yes want a temp page up while i sort it out and try to get a look i want, i dont plan on building a huge site, really just a couple of pages but i want the front page to have a heading , maybe a couple of columns but the ability to easily add pictures and change the text and headings of the columns. i dont want all the links to blogs etc that are on the blog templates if you know what i mean. more of a web page than a blogging page ?