[vbplusme]

You might want to explain what the goals of the site are so that people can get a sense of what the theme for the site is, for example, a gaming site has a very different look and feel than a site that focuses on exotic recipes and culinary arts. Get my drift? You logo looks political, that would dictate a much different choice of styles than the average gamer site would.

My other comment or response to your query is "you get what you pay for" ... you want totally free then you need to be pretty good with the code to do a lot of stuff yourself unless you can find an angel somewhere who shares your persuasion and passion.

HTH,