Well personally, Its hard to tell you in a bold answer how long will it take. It depends if you study 3 hours hardcore studying which i do not recommend, cause it gets a bit frustrating. Then it should take a good 4-5 weeks before getting a nice site up.
Of course i may be mistaken i did not take notice on how long it took me to do what i do now.
Also about using templates, i rarely use them anymore.. They really cut down creativity and will limit yo to your imagination. I started of modifying templates. And ended is as soon as possible.
-Tyler
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