Great, thank you VERY much PFMaBiSmAd. I will review these comments/suggestions and try them tonight/this coming week. I'll let you know how I make out. Ideally, I am after creating an simple, efficient CMS/KMS where I can post articles to a database, allow users to easily search them without a lot of noise or overhead. This is a project I am taking on myself, and would like to present it to my employer if i can get a solid, working template. Another part is being able to allow users to login to the site, using current LDAP or network credentials (likely a whole new topic/discussion).
Again, appreciate the help, and I'll reply back when I have made these changes.