Creating an administration backend like found on Personal Site Starter Kit....

Hey everyone,

    I was looking at creating a small Administrative backend for my site that was somewhat similar to the one found in the Personal Site Starter Kit.   I'm not really worried about as much detail but I do want to be able to remotely change some of the data.  I know I should just use one of the CMS collections out there but I figured this would be a good learning experience.  The only part is, I really don't know where to start.

 Any ideas/suggestions??? 

 FYI: I'm a newbie, so please make it "retard" proof.  : /

 Thanks,
    QWERTYtech
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