Dear All,
I have created a beginners tutorial that leads to a simple theme that can be used to start off your own theme. I did this as I am new to SilverStripe and was overwhelmed by the tutorials on the help page. So I thought I could do it a bit simpler.
You can find it on my home page at http://www.mathias-wilhelm.de/silverstripe_tutorial/index.html
I hope, this is a valid contribution
Ciao, Mathias