Righty Tighty, Lefty Loosey

[Mayhap]

I'm new to poker and trying to learn as much as I can as fast as I can. I play hold em and notice that if I strictly adhere to Sklansky's hand groupings by position I ...
1. Pretty much insure a profitable session every time.
2. Don't play very many hands at all.
3. FEEL (yes, I only play on line) that people are annoyed with me.
4. Don't get much action when I play.
5. Have people do wild raising on me when I limp.
Therefore I found I need to change my image; to un-rock as it were and remain profitable.
So here is how I go about it. What I'm looking for is feedback on what I'm doing right/wrong and any extra ideas you might
have.
1. When there are consistently few pre-flop raises; I loosen up on my starting requirements up front.
2. I see the flop with just about any reasonable hand when I'm unraised in late postion.

Just doing these things seems to erase my 'destestable rock' image even though I still get to fold a lot of hands.

Are there ways to expand/improve on this?
Any cautions?

Thanks,

/Mayhap