Thank you, David.
Good tip about comparing with the finished app. Unfortunately they do quite a lot more to it before the end so it's difficult to do a compare with an earlier version of the page.
Also a very valid point about the age of the examples. At the moment I'm just trying to get my brain to start thinking in xpages rather than classic Notes development so having this sort of ground-up guide is a great jumping off point for the way I learn. Hopefully this will get me into the correct mindset from which I can get on with figuring out the better ways of doing things that have come along with newer versions of Designer.
Thanks for replying to another of my questions. And also thanks for all the information you make available on your website. I always end up making a visit to NotesIn9 when I'm on one of my learning xpages days!
Emily