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Maybe use the table creating code in the BA stats source and run it as an SQL query?
I don’t know if this would work ( it might nuke your entire database).
When I had to replace the BA stats tables, I copied them across from a backup I had.

Its a safari/javascript thing. See the codex for a resolution:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Answers-Trouble_Shooting#No_Quicktag_buttons_in_Safari
Or you could have use the search box and put in ‘dissapearing quicktags’ to get this thread as #1: http://wordpress.org/support/topic.php?id=21727 😉

You can use the smart comments plugin too: http://troidus.com/2004/09/15/smart-comments-plugin/ . It doesn’t show the comment link if they are turned off.

There is also this http://wordpress.org/support/topic.php?id=29142 which is a modded version of 1.5. Not sure of the current level of development though.
Mu is http://mu.wordpress.org/ and there should be links to its’ own support site there too.

For archives:
<form name="archiveform" action="">
<select name="archive_chrono" onchange="window.location = (document.forms.archiveform.archive_chrono[document.forms.archiveform.archive_chrono.selectedIndex].value);">
<option value=''>By Month</option>
<?php wp_get_archives('format=option'); ?>
</select>
</form>

For cats:
http://typedby.com/archives/2004/06/22/dropdown-plugin-with-ability-to-exclude/

For pages:
Pass..

the template must at least 50% different before calling it your own
Are we talking css or code here? The layout I use was originally for drupal, but I converted it to WP. So the css and images are mostly the original authors, but the php is mine.

It might be that the cloud_fog images are pictures of white stuff, with a transparent background. On your page, you end up with white stuff on a white background = picture of nothing. maybe you could edit the pngs to add some text to those ones.
It would be good too if you can explain how you fixed the problem, just in case other people run into the same problem here aswell.