Hello jbyrnes

I finished reading your topic and recalled my own memmories on that subject.The same happened to me really often becouse of the excitement which accompanies most of the attempts.

Yet i cannot give you much information about what you actually ask. You have pretty a good understanding of wild yourself.

If I might help you, it could be with the way, how you write your posts:

1. If you have many questions, It is good to summarize them at the end, so the people may see them and also quote them easily.

2. And also making the text more structured makes it more readable.

3. Dont ask people on tips. People tend to answer when they exactly know what is expected from them.

Sorry about this kind of answer. Hope something of this helps you.