Sidebar?, Looking for help with sidebars in lj. Options

[cherrybomb___]

Hey everyone, I honestly have searched and searched for some kind of help with sidebars, be it here, or on livejournal, but I just can't seem to find anything of any use.
Could anyone either help me with this, or point me in the direction of someone who can?

Also, if anyone could help me center the image/background that would also be great, at it isn't in line with the tables.
ho hum.

thanks in advance.
x

Here are my current codes;

<textarea>DAY_TALK_LINKS=><P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT FACE="arial" SIZE=1>(%%readlink%%<A HREF="%%urlpost%%">COMMENT</A>)</FONT></P>

LASTN_TALK_LINKS=><P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT FACE="arial" SIZE=1>(%%readlink%%<A HREF="%%urlpost%%">COMMENT</A>)</FONT></P>

GLOBAL_HEAD<=
<style type="text/css">



<!--
table {
border: 2px solid #000000;
}
table table {
border: 0;
}
-->


<!--
body {
scrollbar-base-color: #f9e9f6;
scrollbar-track-color: #f9e9f6;
scrollbar-face-color: #f9e9f6;
scrollbar-highlight-color: #f9e9f6;
scrollbar-3dlight-color: #f9e9f6;
scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #f9e9f6;
scrollbar-shadow-color: #f9e9f6;
scrollbar-arrow-color: #000000;
}
-->

<!--
/* change these numbers, make them add up to 100 or less*/
table {
width: 50%;
margin-left: 25%;
margin-right: 25%;
}
/* don't change these numbers */
table table {
width: 100%;
margin:0;
}
table table table {
width: 0;
}
>-->


</style>
<=GLOBAL_HEAD

FRIENDS_TALK_LINKS=><P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT FACE="arial" SIZE=1>(%%readlink%%<A HREF="%%urlpost%%">COMMENT</A>)</FONT></P>

LASTN_TALK_READLINK=><A HREF="%%urlread%%">%%messagecount%% %%mc-plural%%</A> |

FRIENDS_TALK_READLINK=><A HREF="%%urlread%%">%%messagecount%% %%mc-plural-%%</A> |

LASTN_WEBSITE<=
<style type="text/css">
tr.caption{display:none}
.shadowed td div{visibility:hidden; position:absolute; top:1px}

<!-- table table table table .meta {visibility:hidden;position:absolute;top:1px}
table table table table table .meta {visibility:visible;position:relative;top:1px}-->
</style>

<center><tr><td colspan="5" width="100%">
<table style="float:right" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr><td class="meta">
<img src="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y133/_happyphantom/layouts/favouritecities.jpg"><br><br>
<center> <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/erection___/"><u>PLAY</u></a> <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=erection___"><u>STOP</u></a> <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/erection___/friends/"><u>PAUSE</u></a> <a
href="http://www.myspace.com/pickscab"><u>FASTFORWARD</u></a>
<br>

</td></tr></table></td></tr></center>
<=LASTN_WEBSITE

DAY_TALK_READLINK=><A HREF="%%urlread%%">%%messagecount%% %%mc-plural-%%</A> |
</textarea>