I don't want to abandon T4 just yet. I was working with Gantry prior to my Wordpress days and wish I was good at Joomla as I am with Wordpress. Now my site requires Joomla because of JomSocial.
I just want a template where I can create module positions on my own. If I move or delete anything in the T4 blank template, as soon as I save my changes, everything reverts back to the default layout. This happens regardless of the browser I use.