Barney

What about doing something like

<div class="avatar">
<img src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/images/<?php the_author(); ?>.jpg" />
</div>

added before the loop and css would be something like:

.avatar{
float:left;
padding:0 10px 0 2px}

Then just making an avatar for each author in the images folder named for the author, ie admin.jpg.

Did not see any problems. Maybe try ctrl + f5.

ul,ul li {
list-style-type:none;
padding-left:0;
}

Put that where you put the stuff from earlier, overwrite it.

As for the sidebar thing. First I recommend downloading and installing XAMPP and installing WordPress locally. Try out stuff first where you can do no harm. OK, make a backup of your page.php or rename it, take single.php and save it as page.php. That did the trick just now when I was messin round with Mandigo 1.36.2, although the comments section was at the bottom still and I’m not really sure how to get rid of it. That php stuff is a real booger sometimes.

Link to your site please.

The sidebar bullets can be changed by something like this in your
css: ul {list-style-type:none;} for the title bullets and
ul li {list-style-type:none;} for the items in the list.

To make that effect the sidebars only name the div first like
#sidebar ul or .sidebar ul depending on the name of the div and if its class or id.

Also removing the bullet may not do the trick as they will still be indented. So put in padding-left: 0px;

Include a link for more accurate answer.

I recommend doing both. Get in there and pull apart some of your favorite themes and see what makes em tick. Then make your own theme, tailored to your needs. Installing XAMPP and running WP local is a good start.

#right a {display: block; color: #6A829E; text-decoration: none; padding: 0 6px 0 12px; margin: 0; line-height: 14pt;} does changing the 12px do anything for you?

Just looked in both cutline 3 column split and 3 column right and both have the author thingy commented out.
<!-- by <?php the_author() ?> -->
So just go into the main index template editor uncommentate it(take the <!-- and --> out) pop in<?php the_author_posts_link(); ?>` and it should work.