Maxaud

looks like you have your site installed at:
http://columbusurbanlife.com/wordpress

please read these other posts to get the answer of moving your blog to the root:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/233392?replies=8
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/188125?replies=2
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/260278?replies=4

You can create a page template that you can apply to pages so only logged in members can view the contents:

<?php
/*
Template Name: Members only page
*/
?>

<?php get_header(); ?>
<?php if (is_user_logged_in()) { ?>
<div id="contents">
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<h2 class="title" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<?php the_content(__('Read the rest of this page &raquo;')); ?>
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
</div>
<?php comments_template(); ?>

<?php } else {
// they aren't logged in, so show them the login form
       ?>
<div id="contents">
<p>I'm sorry, but you must be a logged in member to view this page. Please either login below or <a href="<?php bloginfo('wpurl'); ?>/wp-login.php?action=register">Register</a> today.p>
</div>
  <?php
// !!! IMPORTANT !!! If you are using permalinks to rewrite the urls
// of your site, you will need to adjust the action of the form below.
// The form will look for the wp-login.php file based on the action.
// If the rewritten url of your page is
// http://www.yourdomain.com/your_page_name/,
// you will need to change the action in the form to
// action='../wp-login.php'
// so it will look in the 'directory' above /your_page_name/
// for the wp-login file.
// Depending on your url structure, you may have to go up several directories.
// For instance, if your page is located at
// http://www.yourdomain.com/some_section/your_page_name/
// you will need to change the action to
// action='../../wp-login.php'
?>
<form name='loginform' id='loginform' action='<?php bloginfo('wpurl'); ?>/wp-login.php' method='post'>
    <p>
      <label>Username<br />
      <input type='text' name='log' id='log' value='' size='20' tabindex='1' />
      </label>
    </p>
    <p>
      <label>Password<br />
      <input type='password' name='pwd' id='pwd' value='' size='20' tabindex='2' />
      </label>
    </p>
    <p>
      <label>
      <input name='rememberme' type='checkbox' id='rememberme' value='forever' tabindex='3' />
      Remember Me</label>
    </p>
    <p class='submit'>
      <input type='submit' name='submit' id='submit' value='Login &raquo;' tabindex='4' />
      <?php //use a hidden field to return them to the page they came from ?>
      <input type="hidden" name="redirect_to" value="<?php echo $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]; ?>" />
    </p>
  </form>
  <?php	} ?>

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

to show to members only replace the if statement to something like:
current_user_can( 'edit_posts' )

ralf,

There are numerous commercial membership plugins out there for what you need. Try memberswing, sumi, and there are a few more.

Goodluck.

That’s definable in the themes functions.php file or possibly by certain template tags.

you could obtain this using a text widget.

In the text widget, add the html code to display an image:`
<img src=”http://www.domain.com/image.jpg&#8221; title=”me” />`

replace the url with the URL of the image you want to insert of course.

I’m looking for the ability to search multiple custom field variables.

Anyone accomplish this yet?

I’m currently looking for the same thing.