I'm so very sorry everyone, something came up at home that makes it impossible for me to follow through with this contest prize. I feel badly doing it this late but it couldn't be helped; I apologize to those who've put work into this... I know I won't have any kind of good credibility on this site anymore, but this can't be helped.

Thanks so much.

Richard, I think so. I've used some sort of ftp program before... as long as it didn't require any formatting on my part... just a basic file upload.

You know, I don't know how feasible this is for you all and I'm sorry to announce this so late in the game (should I extend?), but to be honest, it doesn't HAVE to be WP or pixelpost at all. I just need something that I can manage and add/delete photos to on my own... thought I needed something like WP to accomplish this; maybe I'm wrong?!

younit: I've considered pixelpost too, but I'm not familiar with it enough to feel comfortable (though I admit to just barely learning WP)... I tried to work my way around it half-heartedly for a while, but it didn't seem to help much.

If you want to have a go with pixelpost, (and then walk me thru every aspect of implementation) I'm all for it.

Dave, I do have my own hosting account (though don't know much about how to use it... I know everyone, I'm rather inept, so sorry) and server space... it's my understanding that I'd have to use that to host an upgraded WP theme, which is fine.

Thanks everyone for considering!