Post installation

I have changed Drupal 5.1 common.inc lines 319~327

/**
 * Generates a site off-line message
 */
function drupal_site_offline() {
  drupal_set_header('HTTP/1.1 503 Service unavailable');
  drupal_set_title(t('Site off-line'));
  print theme('maintenance_page', filter_xss_admin(variable_get('site_offline_message',
    t('@site is currently under maintenance. We should be back shortly. Thank you for your patience.', array('@site' => variable_get('site_name', 'Drupal'))))));
}

to display my own offline message:

Hey, im running more or less basic 5.x installation with a few modules,

the issue is:
I created several new fields in the profile section, however when i go to update new information in these fields it dosent save them.
However, when I register a new user and fill out that inforamtion, I can create and edit those fields no problem.

site: http://www.paciber.org/drupal5/index.php?q=user/6

Two (hopefully simple) style questions:

1.) How can I remove the Search bar from the header region and therefore just simply rely on the Search box which I have activated in the right sidebar?

2.) What size do I need to make my logo stretch completely across the header (in inches, if possible.)

Thanks.

Im looking through a few voting modules, but could someone recommend a good one?

My purpose is just to have a simple voting system (possibly just three stars) that can show the average of all the votes. Also the ability to show the top voted materials would also be nice.

Thanks!!

Is there some place I can find really basic instructions for someone who doesn't know anything about drupal or CSS or HTML on doing things like uploading videos or creating subtabs?

I'm quite baffled at this: there is access control defined by content type for create, edit and and edit own nodes. But I haven't found any "view node" access control (also organized per content_type), so important in private/public sites. There is only the all or nothing view access control "access content". I know of modules as TAC and TAC_lite, but they seem to add just confusion to an issue that seems to me quite direct.