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thanks Andrew.
thats great. the only trouble im having now is lowering the image down to centre. would you know how?

yes it is.

yes. i have tried a number of changes:

/* Logo above searchform */
#branding #searchform {top: 4.8em;} /* moves search down slightly */
#branding hgroup {
    background: url('images/logo.png';);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 100% 0px;

}

There is no change

thanks for the info.
So i want to make the nosidebar layout wider as it is super narrow. looking at other forums the solution for this is to add the following

.one-column #page {
   max-width: 1000px;
}

however, placing this in the child theme doesnt seem to make any changes to the page. Any ideas why?