wow! thank you for the quick replies!
@1st post: so I just need to dl wp and I can access my clients site via browser? or can I do that from the main site? and to install plugins can I log into server from the browser?
and I see the Microsoft Web Platform Installer (Web PI), this looks like the most straightforward one to me, will it prompt me for a host?
@2nd post: heh yeah, I'm no expert but I know web design can be either very easy or very hard, trying to avoid the latter
@3rd strangely I am familiar with the inner workings of wp save for set up, I will take another look.
again thank you for your time