Idiot question N° 1: One thing I'd like to know is why we're so bound to that template. I mean, how much does the template affect the actual code? On an HTML page, altered frame divisions would only mean a change of numbers... is it THAT different with the WP page?
Idiot question N° 2: Likewise, would it be possible to (a) make the top of the page less high so that it occupies less space, or (b) get rid of the bottom bar and put the content somewhere into the top part?
Idiot question N° 3: Would it be possible to apply the important parts of the code (i.e. the parts that define what the site DOES, and not what it looks like) to a cheap-ass, n00bish kind of "framesets made easy" page? Or are frames a no-no?
Concerning other categories: YES! HPB-Bot, GraveBot, well... all bots on BU, in fact. In the long run.
Most of all, keep it up - you're learning the stuff as you're coding it, and the site has made considerable progress so far - and at an amazing speed, too.