okay. i have got "custom" skin to a 3-column layout, but somehow broke the design elements and 3rd column. i think it is a simple div tag or alignment problem.

http://knng.varsitysportsradio.com

any thoughts?

You might want to try fixing the validation errors first and seeing if one of them is the cause of your problem. You have a lot of commented-out code in your pages, and some of them seem to be overlapping or not closed properly.
For example, you have this in your code:

		<!--<ul>
			<!-- <li><a href="http://varsitysportsradio.com/index.php?blog=2"><strong>Recently</strong></a> <span class="dimmed">(cached)</span></li> -->
			<!-- <li><a href="http://varsitysportsradio.com/index.php?blog=2"><strong>Recently</strong></a> --> <!-- <span class="dimmed">(no cache)</span></li> -->
			<!-- <li><a href="http://varsitysportsradio.com/index.php?blog=2&amp;disp=comments"><strong>Last comments</strong></a></li> 
		</ul> -->

That's why you're seeing:

Recently (cached) -->

near the top of your page. Try just using one open-comment before the opening UL, and one close-comment after the last /UL, and get rid of all the others inside that block. I don't know if it's the cause of your 3rd column problem, but it's one of the validation errors on your page, and it's as good a place as any to start tracking it down.

jj.

now a part of my existing code has decided to stop working. what a slippery slope.

<a href="<?php $Blog->disp( 'url', 'raw' ) ?>"><img src="img/logo_<?php echo $Blog; ?>.jpg" alt="$Blog->disp"/></a>

it worked this morning and i made no changes.  any info would be awesome.

http://knng.varsitysportsradio.com 

so, i have ironed out much of the problems i had before (and continuously breaking my own work).

my question now is, how can i implement some of the original aesthetics that the "custom" skin had to begin with.

i have changed the column widths, and the corresponding bg_ file in the css but to no avail.

i will publish the code later, but any thoughts are greatly appreciated.

i have been able to fix my spacing issue:

- the right column would not raise above the bio section. i incorporated "bio" into the "bposts" div, but still don't know why that mattered.

the last piece is fixing the background image for the columns. i have changed the file sizes to match, but don't know why it won't become visible.

changed : bg_sidebar.jpg, bg.png, bg_content

this is for http://varsitysportsradio.com/index.php?blog=2

any help would be awesome

You still have a little tweaking to do before it's perfect.

Regarding the pictures: I don't see them in the css. All I have is:

/* Styles for sidebar (right) */
.bSideBar {
	width: 150px;
	float: right;
	overflow: hidden;
	/*background: #900; */
	/*background: url("img/bg_sidebar_small.jpg");*/
}

I expected something like:

background: url("img/bg-sidebar.jpg") top center no-repeat;

in stead of the commented out picture.

Do get back to this forum if you have any more questions.

Good luck

afwas,

thanks for pointing that out. i had commented that out recently because i was trying to see what the difference was between my 'style.css' and the original 'custom.css' where the background worked.

i am confused that i did not see a "background" tag in the .css for the original style sheet,and simply want to get itback to its original aesthetic shape.

the commenting out has been removed

signed...confused.