getting started

Hello everyone, this is my first post at wordpress.org.

I have been monitoring wordpress for a few weeks now.. I’m looking to get involved in a more content managed programme. Some of the websites I have done have been reasonably small and quite static in terms of content. So, now I’m looking to venture into the realms of wordpress…

My first question is the sites in intend to build aren’t necessarily blog sites but may contain some sort of database and search features as well as an ecommerce option. Does wordpress really pull all the punches when building for these type of websites?

Also, are there any good video tutorials which explain creating your own templates etc..?

thanks..

rob