Templating for Wordpress is so much more satisfying compared to templating for Joomla.
It still bugs me that even with the best designed template and most xhtml and css compliant validated/compliant code you still depend on components spilling out the proper code for the site to validate properly.
Unfortunately many important components for Joomla still use outdated code (read tables).
On Wordpress all you need to do is to create and validate your design/code and then slice it properly and voilá…you have a beautiful standards compliant template and the whole site validates.
I just love it

What a big jump I took…

Actually, still taking. The site needs a lot of work before I can consider it finished but the layout is done and I am happy with my XHTML and CSS compliant design.

Look Ma! No tables!

I am still struggling with understanding Positioning but so far so good.

I am sure most designers who had to use tables for more than 8 years feel the shell shock when moving forward to CSS-P.

Off to get it finished!