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3.5 character sheet help

Hey there, I'm new to roll20 and even newer to being a DM (I've only Dm'd once before). Me and my group are all pretty set on running DnD 3.5. But the character sheet tool in the journal seem to be pretty unfriendly when it comes to 3.5. It seems it was made with 4.0 in mind with the abilities box and such. Any one have any advice for making 3.5 sheets or even maybe where I can possibly get a blank template for one (in the roll20 format) to use in our games?
Abilities are a good start for macros, but for 99% of the games, your character sheet is typically kept on a 3rd party website (I prefer Mythweavers). The major benefit is A) formating, and B) the fact that it doesn't get clogged on the Java Interface. For your stats/abilities, If you just create macros, such as #spot and have it run a "Spot Check [[d20+mod]]" it'll go pretty far. There are more detailed macros in the Wiki that would help in more specific cercumstances as well.
THANK YOU! Myth weaver seems to be exactly what I needed! I hope they make the roll20 character sheet system reflect what MW has got going on. It'd be great if you could just choose a template directly on roll 20 and fill it in.
@Jesse, I don't think they ever will. Roll20 was designed around being a truly universal gaming system. I've played common board and dice games, as well as all types of RPGs. The notes and attributes seem more geared (both in layout and functionality) to add functions to macros and be able to look up basic info on the fly, but lacks the structure to have a true "Character Sheet". That's not to say they won't ever, but how it stands, you can use a combination of macros/attribute/rollable tables to create 99.9% of effects you're looking for in almost any system. If you're ever looking for ways to integrate your system/simplify rolls etc., just ask in the forums!
I have a great scripted one that Michael C did up if you get mentor status and want to use API script, forget trying to create one ;-) And Emile put the Budweiser down!