Hello Mike
I took your advice!
I changed to wamp and cmsmadesimple. Install was a snap, all I needed to do was install cmsmadesimple into my www directory and create a empty config.php file
Documentation walked me right thru it
Cmsmadesimple seems more user friendly but heck I was impressed with joomla when I first tried that...lol
Seriously cmsmadesimple does seem easier to use and the documentation is much easier to comprehend. So thanks for the info. I will carouse around and get a feel for it. I have also book marked the learning sites you suggested. I will keep you posted on my progress or lack there of ...lol
Cheers
Wdhpr