andrea - thanks for the link... I guess I had another beerheimers attack, didn't see the freelancers link... I contacted a couple of freelances, one was gonna get back to me and never did and the other swapped a few emails with me and I didn't hear back from him. I pinged him again this morning.
cafespin - thanks for that link, I'd rather give the money to the consultant than on paying to post an ad
boonkia - believe it or not, there is a method to the madness. I dont want the blogs to overrde the home page but I may, at some point, want to show the most current blogs on the home page. I couldnt find how to contact you so drop me a note when you can.
Here's a recap:
I just installed wordpress at http://www.npdr.org, This is a free site that I sponsor out of my own pocket. Right now it gets about 20 users a day and at its peak it may hit 2000. The bloggers will be professionals (psychologist types - I have 2 committed - no pun but probably not more than 10) who will email their blogs in.
When a user clicks on the /blog page I want it to list the latest blogs with the most current listed first. When users click on the one they want to read they would transition to a new page, get that blog along with, hopefully, a small bloggers profile along with the bloggers photo. (only professionals I choose will be able to post blogs.)
Someone asked me if I have an avatar system installed so unless one came with wordpress, I do not.
From what I read I believe all that functionality exists in the core product so it should just be a matter of adding in my theme and a few hours work... but then if I knew for sure, I would do it myself! LOL