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root, you are far too kind. i am nothing more than a dabbler in the arts. a little different than when i first started, no?
dan, if you need any assistance implementing the menus, just drop me a line and i will help where possible.
michael AT synapticjunctions DOT com
— michael

fortunately for you, i’ve implemented the very same menu technique and happen to have the tutorial to go along with it. as far as placement thereof, the above comments are bang-on …for creating the actual menu however, go here: http://www.simplebits.com/bits/minitab_shapes.html
cheers — michael

if you look at your posts on your blog, you’ll notice an ‘edit this’ link in the post meta if you are logged in. doesn’t tell you WHO, but it does tell you IF.

you dont validate the php …you validate the html that the php creates.
just type the uri of your website into the validator and let it do its thing. (by the way … looks like it validates now)
— michael

back in the day valid markup wasnt all that important ..because what worked in one browser didnt in the other (the browser war era) … and so it was futile to try and validate … you either alienated one set of browser users or spent endless hours providing workarounds to the valid code ..negating the whole point.
but now browsers from all creators are becoming more and more compliant. so it IS important and just plain smart, to try and have valid code. You can then rest assured that your site will look pretty much the same across all platforms and it shows you care about your ENTIRE site …not just how long your link list is.
i dont have 30+ posts and a long list of comments … but i validate now, and i plan to when i DO actually have that many. I don’t add a single piece of code without validating it immediately afterward and working through any bugs … simply because its too much of a hassle to do it 6 months later. … sorta like checking/changing your oil BEFORE the light comes on ; )

works fine for me … not sure what the issue is.