as HL has mentioned, sometimes the questions that are being asked, are just not something that has been focused on previously by anybody. since each site is as complicated as the site owner, there is no way to have an exact how-to on every question asked in these forums. coupled with the non-conventional syntax structure provided from the developer, you can end up with several different answers or no answers at all.
kudos, on getting your site running. many have been on the same route as you, see more and opt to blame the script for their incompetence, or overall lack of knowledge in regards to a dynamic environment such as Dolphin. I have seen so many come on here, and not even know what FTP was, with that minute amount of information, i can see where so many site attempts start and fail.
There are so many, who embark on the dolphin approach, with no more knowledge than geocities, or one of those other wysiwyg environments, and they believe they are going to launch a site, make millions, and take over the world. only to find out some months down the road, that this was not something that was going to come free, monetarily or effortlessly.
A successful Dolphin deployment, requires and demands dedication.
Well i better bug off this thing before i hit my 2000 character limit.
That was the realest comment I have had thus far. I started out in that same little boat some of the other members started out in. When I first begin the most experience I had was with WYSIWYG editors. I had NEVER built a site a day in my life, nor did I know anything about FTP clients. So believe me I was one of those lost souls that had no idea what I was doing when I first decided to use Dolphin a Year ago. I can totally understand where people begin and fail because it happened to me a thousand see more times with this script. I can't count how many times I gave up just to come back and begin again. Red Tape was all over the place for me with this site. And I assume it was like that because my site took sooooo much customization that It seemed as if I had to start from the bottom and make my way up through the entire script. I learned about "true" web development through Dolphin, (the basics anyway). I'm sure there are tons more I need to learn but for now, I think I have made a decent start. And the only real money I came out of pocket with is the template and the license, everything else was done by me, with a little guidance every once in a while.
kudos, on getting your site running. many have been on the same route as you, see more