Theme development

I am not sure where this should go or even if it should be a feature request but here it is anyway because it may help some one and the info gets archived.

The link function l() is used throughout Drupal and contribs and has a failing that I could not find the CSS to solve.

the links porvided are in a series in the same container so they a get styled the same. I want to give certain ones different color and weight. But this

I was wondering if anyone would be willing to help me with an XHTML/ CSS layout, based on an image mockup that I have made?

The mock designs can be found here: www.chiefcodemonkey.com

Any help would be much appreciated.

Kind Regards,
Nathan Wheatley

BTW: I have all the image elements in Adobe Illustrator format (AI), so I can provide those to anyone willing to assist.

Greetings. I'm new to Drupal, just trying to learn the ropes. I have been looking for ways to edit little things without much success. At the moment, the thing causing me trouble is trying to find how to alter the "Submitted by name on Day, 03/24/05 - 12:30am." I am currently using the bluemarine theme that comes with the Drupal installation.

I notice here on Drupal.org that particular string is modified, but I'm having a hard time finding how to do it per theme, without modifying any core files. Any help is appreciated.

I placed a template in the directory named node-book.tpl.php and got no response. the book module defaults to the page.tpl.php. Does this work for anyone else?

I am trying to get the title to display on summary pages (e.g. taxonomy/term/18) but not on the individual node pages. (because I display the title within the node itself and I don't want a duplicate).

I read in thread 9984 that I could use the $main variable to test whether or not I am on a main or summary page.

So in page.tpl.php I put the following:

Is there a way to output a block outside of the sidebars?

I am trying to create a primary menu across the top of my site. Since I want it on every page, it seems like I should be able to put something like this in page.tpl.php:

print $block_menu_495

...but this doesn't work.

Note:
1) I need to use the menu module instead primary/secondary_links.
2) I need to keep both left and right sidebars functional for other blocks.

I am using drupal 4.5.2 and phptemplate