Is word press right for me?

Hello all,

My name is Chad Crider, and I’m the web designer/master for Glen’s Surplus in Shelby Oh. We are working to make our website more interactive for our customers, and one of the things that we have talked about is taking our news section of our website to a Blog. Ideally, the blog will be integrated into the rest of the site, using the same template.

I have been looking for a blog setup that will be easily maintained once it is installed, and will allow my supervisor to easily post what she would like.

My main questions.

1.) How easy is it to skin Word Press? I use Dreamweaver CS4 for the management of the site. Can I use Dreamweaver to skin the blog with the current template?

2.) How easy is it to maintain Word Press once it is installed? Several of the blog apps that I have found look to be dreadfully complicated to maintain

3.) Once I have the blog setup and running, how easy is it to use? The normal user for this would be someone who uses the computer for e-mail, search google for what they need, and possibly light surfing. She realizes that a blog is the best way to make the site more interactive, and would be the perfect way to take our current static news page, and accomplish what she is after. I’m the one who is going to make it work, and I would ideally like something that is easy for her to use, while making sure that it doesn’t break.

Thanks for the info in advance,

Chad Crider
Glen’s Surplus Sales INC