2. I also have issue with the 1px of solid white under the primary links. I think that should be removed, connecting the nav with that solid bar and then the active link could be the same color as the bar, while the other links would be in the "background" and be a darker color. I've always really liked this since Amazon.com did it about 12 years ago. It really gives the user a feeling of "you are on this section of the site".
In response to general design questions, I do not want to stray too far from the design this theme is based on: http://www.oswd.org/files/designs/2634/Deliciously_Blue/ I have played around with the "active" link states but still haven't found anything that doesn't look clunky or weird. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com