[keith - SuPeR K!]

If you build this strong foundation, won't it be reusable for other projects? After years of building websites from scratch I finally got a to a point a few years ago where I asked myself "Why am I starting from scratch every time?" Since then I've built up an entire content management system that runs most all of the projects I build. While I still have to go back and recode some parts of the various functions on occasion, the function names and output formats are the same so I can just upload the new version to my older sties and they automatically get the new bits and better functionality without really breaking anything in the process. While I've spent years working on my CMS project, it's still not 1.0, but it works just fine and in the long run it has saved me a ton of work! Plus, I can eventually package and resell what I've done once I feel it is ready.

Take your time devising the base. I've rewritten mine several times when I found better ways to do things, but it's been worth it to me to have that stable base to work off of.