Jesse,
If you are going to use strips, at least you got the right ones, from Hach. They are really only good as a stop-gap but you can use them. Ignore TC--it's never even close to right. FC, for now, should always be purple, even more intensely than the "10".
TA is hard to read but generally is sorta OK. I find CYA almost impossible to read, but, the key is "almost". For pH you are better off with a decent OTO/pH test kit than the strips. Try to get one with chlorine neutralizer (Taylor's version is # 0014, rather than 0004).

I suspect the advice from TFP should be very similar to ours, as it's based on B-B-B as well, but I don't follow them, and I know NOTHING about Swimming Pool Help Forums--never heard of them. Given that, you should either rely on us for advice or on TFP. It SHOULD be about the same, but may not be, so if it deviates, go one way or the other and stick to it.

CarlD