Considering I took the time to make the default layouts easy to edit, I really can't see the problem here.
If you want to make your own theme, there are only a few variables that you'll need to use:
PHP Code:
:ARTICLETITLE: //calls the title of the page
:ARTICLECONTENT: //calls the content of the page
:LINKSBAR: //calls the main links from the functions file
:SIDEFEED: //calls the user menu and other links from the function file
There are other variables, but I usually do not use them while coding for myself, they do include:
PHP Code:
:BROWSERTITLE: // calls title for browser
:SITETITLE: / :SITENAME: //i'm not sure which is right, calls the site's name
:SITESLOGAN: //calls site slogan
Hope this will help a bit. :3