Thanks to everyone for these helpful forums.  I've been studying up for a couple of days on DNN, and next week I'll take the dive into HTML.  Tonight I discovered dnncreative's Quick Start Guide Videos for total noobs, which is just about frickin' awesome!

Three quick questions:

(1)  I plan to use Dan Egan's book to begin stepping through the creation of my site using DNN.  His book was written for version 3.0 .  Despite that we are up to version 4.0, I think his book will still be incredibly helpful.  Am I correct?

(2) Any particular reason I should use ASP 2.0 as opposed to ASP 1.1?  They really mean nothing to me at this point, except that I notice DNN 4.0 supports ASP 2.0.

(3) What is a good resource I can use to try and limit spam attacks on my forums?  Is there a design or structure initiative I should take now -- before I ever use DNN -- to make forums more secure?

(4) I had wanted to buy a nice template from 4templates for look/feel.  But I am wondering if that purchase would be more frustrating than it is worth, as it was not designed to necessarily integrate into DNN.  On the other hand, it might integrate into DNN instantly -- I just don't know.

Much thanks in advance.