Theme development

Hi !
I've modified some core functions of Drupal 4.7 to obtain a custom design. Well, I don't like to touch the CORE but I don't understand how to override some functions in a template.php file...

For example, I've modified this function in form.inc to had some divs and use expandable background images

I'm not really sure if this is the place to put this, but is there a Theme that has the fuctionality of Reflection but doesn't scale things down? Reflection seems to have a good effect on my site, but because it scales things down and makes it difficult to type, I've been having to switch to Connections, which also scales things down yet is pretty hard to work with. I have a banner on the front page of my site that doesn't look nearly as good scaled down like that. (You know GIFs.)

In 4.7, check_output is deprecated, but I'm having a bit of trouble figuring out how to utilize check_markup.

In my flexinode tpl's, I'm filtering node titles on a per-user-role basis, like this:

I am beta testing a new theme that drupal likes for everything but viewing a single node...

http://www.veganarky.net
http://www.veganarky.net/xenophobia

When a single node is viewed, the sidebar shifts left 5px and the background colour dissapears - it is fine elswhere...

I am really at a loss to what i can do to overcome this. It must be the most simple of things - except for me at the moment! :(

hi:

'm using drupal 4.7 and spreadfirefox, and after activate 'clean url' it finaly works (because my site is in a folder) and i have to change .htaccess

but when i enter in any menu of navigation menu , spreadfirefox forgot frame working and i see at top of page the menu and after, down of menu the content.

it's something not working with spreadfirefox or my 'clear url' configuration, because the code of two pages are the same only change in

form action="/bara/?q=admin/comment"
or
form action="/bara/admin/comment"

thank you

hi,
I am trying to switch templates for different parts of my site. I put this in my template.php: