To save yourself lots of headaches, do what I did, hire this guy =>  UNA Themes  & thank me later..  I am also knew to UNA and I also wanted to make my site looks somewhat similar to my old Dolphin site. I spent over a week trying to figure things out, but after I bought UNA Themes Template from UNA Themes - this guy not only he installed it & configured it for me, he also spent over an hour with me online tweaking my site the way I wanted it.. I was so pleased with his patience & his technical expertise. I actually took the initiatives to send him few dollars extra to show my appreciation. These are the type of people we need in this great community & we ought to support them as well because at the end of the day, everyone wins..
Cheers,