As the saying goes "someone with a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous person"!!!
I spent some time last night playing with the site to implement some of the changes that have been recommended, and I was getting rather happy with my progress...
Then today someone pointed out that the site is not looking as it should any more in Internet Explorer
I only use FireFox and Google Chrome, so had not even tested it in Internet Explorer.
I have no idea why it is not working the same, and do not even know where to start to fix the problems - so will probably have to remove the background picture and the other stuff that is not working in Internet Explorer - should have just let it be as it was!!!