Is it possible to take the html in wordpress presentation and copy it to frontpage, then edit and copy it back to wordpress? Thanks for the info!
I highly doubt it. I'd say that you might get away with some of it, but the code the frontpage spits out is so antiquated and bad, mixed with the fact that Wordpress is very up to date in terms of web coding, I'd say no. There may be a way to do it, but it's probably not worth your time. However, Wordpress themes are not that hard to make/modify. All you really need to know is CSS, and if you haven't learned CSS, this is a great time to start. CSS allows you to do so many things that HTML doesn't. Give it a try!
is there a css editor that you can see the effects before posting it to the internet? if so, can anyone recomend what they thing is the best?
If you're running Firefox, download the Web Developer Toolbar. It will let you mess with CSS right in Firefox and see the changes in real time. Then once you've found exactly what you're looking for, you just upload the changes in to your CSS and you're good to go.