Weekly Update:

I decided to use Bootstrap (CSS library from Twitter) and JQuery for the HTML5 instead of Footable like Shadow.   Also, Shadow uses xHTML, not HTML5 and I was having issues re-adjusting.  I also used AdminLTE as a bootstrap template.  You can see the template preview and what it can do without much coding here:  https://almsaeedstudio.com/AdminLTE

I was able to wire up the overview page shown below:



Minimized Left Navigation Menu:



Right Vendor Information/settings:



Still a lot of work to do and I only have the weekends.  My wife is an artist so maybe she can help with the colours if y'all don't like these.