well, I fixed the problem

one way or another. Had to go change to a different template and then reformat that so it looked like what I wanted. And had to re-add Haloscan commenting to get old comments to reappear. But overall I'm happy with it. I like the new layout. For now. I kinda feel like my posts are crammed into the middle, and I'm afraid if I try to post anything too wide, it could cause prblems, but I'm sure there's some way I can fix that. But one thing at a time.