Ok, I have made some changes.

The site is now completely in php, I figured out a way to get the menu system doing what I want and it will make it easier to do the changes I have planned.

I also found a way to get the CSS to centre vertically properly (at least on the browsers I have here!)

I have darkened the background so the contrast is higher, I am also going to redo the tiny info at the bottom once I have picked a font scheme. For now I am trying something different, and once I am settled on something I will alter the blog template to match

Thanks for all the help on this, I love this place for stuff like this. If you spot anything else please let me know.

Cheers

Cris.