Hope it's okay to post this link to a fantastico/drupal tutorial. I plan to follow the steps soon. I know some html and that's it -- this tutorial is the kind of help I need most.

http://www.benslade.com/drupal/DrupalVideoIntro.swf

Today I found this negative post about Fantastico:

http://drupal.org/forum/fantastico-de-luxe

Thanks!