Theme development

I am trying to theme/format the info-windows(balloons) on a google map that is being placed on the frontpage using Gmap/Views/CCK.
I have the balloons showing the correct info but I can't seem to do anything to the text/images in the window.

I am doing something wrong and I am not sure where!!

Here is what i have done so far:

--------------------
Created the Gmap markers/info-windows
--------------------

---Created a new content type with CCK. Basically a form that collect some user entered info, uploaded pic, weblink etc. This is tied to a location when the user sets their Lat/Long by finding and clicking the desired location on a map (gmap/location)

---using the Gmap option in Views, these fields are being sent successfully to the appropriate gmap marker info-windows. This view is called 'main_map' and is set to the front page.

----------------------
Trying to theme the damn info-windows:
----------------------

---Using the Views Theme wizard I selected-
View: main_map
Theme type: Simple list
Clicked the "select theme type" button.
-This generated code for template.php which I pasted at the bottom of my existing template.php (themes/garland/template.php my default theme)
-It also generated code for a 'views-list-main_map.tpl.php' and a 'views-list-main_map.css' both of which a created and saved to the same directory, themes/garland/

I have for example terms:
application
- v1.0
- v2.0

now if I created a node with the term v1.0, than at the node page view I only see the link for the term v1.0 with as text v1.0
because that is not much of information for the visitor I would like to have the following links to the terms in the right sorting visible:
application, v1.0
so not just only:
v1.0
and also not:
v1.0, application

Hi,
my question is more about design in general, I'm a newbie at web design.

My theme is just a copy of one of the defaults.

I try to embed a banner in my header block but I can't get rid of the stripes before and after it.
see the site: http://www.hermetix.org/

I would need:

primary links
banner
content

instead off

primary links
-stripe-
banner
-stripe-
content

can sum1 who has firebug check my site... basically on firefox it looks fine
but on internet explorer and safari, the right side modules fall to the bottom of the page

its driving me crazzyyyy.. anyone have a solution? i would really appreciate it, thank u so much

Anybody have any ideas on how to make menu links multiple colors? For example, I would like the text on the first link to be red, second link to be blue, then yellow, then gray, then back to red and cycle through the colors again. This is for a sidebar menu. Any ideas? I searched the forums but couldn't find anything.

Thanks.

Hey all,

I was wondering (and I have looked around but found nothing that seems to pertain to my situation) if anyone could tell me the best way to add a background image to a content page that I have created.

I am using 5.2 and I found something similar in another post, but it says it works only for 4.5-4.7.