after a few longs hours with bouts of studying in between, i've finally figured out how to get it to work and it all of a sudden seemed so silly that i was wasting so much time trying to figure stuff out.. yeah i know i'm not saying what it is, but oh well. you'd laugh. and all the my html-knowing buddies were no where to be found.. go figure. but anyway it's up and it's working, none of the links work yet.. they will. :) for now, this is it.. i really have to study.